Sherk AND Franca test positive, sherk suspended 1 year.

[Ianhockey91]

Both sherk and franca tested positive, sherk for deca, franca for masteron.

 

[shottabiggs]

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=8333

UFC lightweight champion Sean Sherk (Pictures) has tested positive for Nandrolone Metabolite following his title defense July 7 in Sacramento, Calif, the state's athletic commission revealed Thursday. Sherk scored a dominating five-round decision win over Brazilian Hermes Franca (Pictures), whom the CSAC also said tested positive for the banned substance Drostanolone.

After testing both "A" and "B" samples of the urine specimen provided by Sherk the day before the fight, the UFC champion's Nandrolone level was certified by the Director of Science and Technology at the lab conducting the tests at 12 ng/ml, two times higher than the threshold allowed by the CSAC, said the state regulatory body.

The Minnesotan lightweight has been fined $2,500 and suspended 365 days from the date of the fight, including an additional 10 days that would need be served if Sherk reapplied for a license to fight in the Golden State.

Calls to Sherk and his trainer Greg Nelson were not immediately returned.

Franca was also fined $2,500 -- the maximum fine the CSAC can levy -- and suspended through July 5, 2008. The Brazilian told MMAweekly.com that he had used a "banned substance" prior to the fight.

"I offer only an explanation and not an excuse," Franca said. "I made a decision during a difficult time in my training for the fight that I regret."

Saying an injured ankle prompted him to look for ways to "accelerate the healing process" Franca said he made the "shortsighted" choice to use a banned substance. "Under the pressure of literally not being able to pay next months bills I made a choice," he told MMAweekly. "I had to fight and did whatever I could to do so."

UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva (Anderson Silva' class='LinkSilver'>Pictures) and Nathan Marquardt (Pictures), participants in July 7's other title fight in Sacramento, Calif., were both cleared for any banned substances.

This news comes on the heels of a CSAC report that revealed 28 violations, including nine for steroids, of its anti-doping policy from March 31, 2007 through July 6, 2007. Seventeen of the 28 violators were fighters in mixed martial arts contests.

 

[Ralph_Wiggum]

heh, and I remember Sherk on Beatdown radio lashing out at critics who said he wasn't natural.

It shouldn't come as a suprise that either fighter tested positive. I call a duck a duck when it walks like one. Both of those guys looked big and lean for that fight. There is no way they could train and eat like they do to stay in a 155 pound weight class and still look that good, let alone not die of over training/catabolism if they didn't have chemical assistance. I'm trying to be as respectful as possible by saying this too. Its not possible to do all of that naturally, and the public needs to realize that before young kids make the decision to go into a profession under false assumptions and hopes, which will either lead to health problems or drug abuse.

 

[cipherking]

thats would explain his crazy workouts

 

[Nathan]

A lot of those guys just don't have the stats to be natural. They don't weigh all that much but even still, they're often lean which makes a gigantic difference weight-wise. There has to be a ton of extra water-storage that comes with the extra fat cells being full or present or whatever.

 

[instant.muscle]

let them juice! also says sherks nandrolone was twice the allowed ammount, whats the allowed ammount? trying to figure how much deca he was on lol

 

[Ezekiel]

This is a quote from an MMA forum I am on.

He wasn't twice the normal, he was twice the allowable on the test. There's a big difference, he was 12 times the normal . 6 times the levels naturally found in highly athletic people. That's why the threshold is set so high, so we don't see false positives. Unless someone pays out a lot of money in bribes, he's going to lose his appeal. The commissions are not nice about things like this, especially when paired with everything in the media and the US senate about performance enhancing drugs of late. They are looking for every witch possible to burn at the stake.

 

[tommy.schwartz]

Sherk had 12 nanograms of deca and prez Dana White said he himself probably has 6. Sherk is appealing. He was all over the magazines and TV about his intense training before the fight. At least Franca apologized and isn't in hiding. Stupid of Sherk to use deca, it stays in your system up to 12 months.

 

[MASSIVE1000]

What is bullshit is the amount of time that they are suspended. If you play for the NFL and get a positive test, you are out for 4 games...not an entire f**king year!!!! This is how these mma fighters make a living....now I guess he'll have to get a full time job.

 

[Demonix]

I just don't understand why Deca? Why not do some fast short cycles with Tren and Prop and throw some HGH in there?

 

[acneman]

I just don't understand why Deca-Durabolin - nandrolone decanoate - ? Why not do some fast short cycles with trenbolone and testosterone propionate and throw some human growth hormone - somatropin - in there?

mabey he had joint problems

 

[Repard]

What is bullshit is the amount of time that they are suspended. If you play for the NFL and get a positive test, you are out for 4 games...not an entire f**king year!!!! This is how these mma fighters make a living....now I guess he'll have to get a full time job.

That's the reason they kick them for that long. To deter them as much as possible. Atleast that's what Dana has said.

 

[ThaiFighter]

WHo cares, with or without deca sherk is a great athlete. Steroids don't teach technique, and hes got it.