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[TheKidInside]

btw guys I love all (well, most) of you so I am not trying to rub it in outside of being sarcastic (those that know me, must know I am sarcastic 95% of the time)

haha @ hard work and determination. I guess the rest of the UFC roster and MMA athletes are just lazy

[JayBird]

Wtfffffffff

[DarkMage]

Wow, I was really really really looking forward to this fight. I wasn't going to be around that weekend, but I was gonna order and tivo the fight and watch it when I got home. This is really depressing.

[JayBird]

Originally Posted by MIZJUDOZOU

Dan Henderson fighting for the heavyweight strap would be great! Make it happen Dana.

Very interesting.. and would be Dan's 3rd attempt at a UFC belt in 3 different weight classes...

[SOOFNUN]

I'm mostly confident Anthony Johnson could make weight, lol.

Seriously sucks for the card and JDS.

[MMA4EVERRR]

Frank Mir has a 3 fight win streak over good competition. Should put him first in line for the shot.

Mark Hunt has a 3 fight win streak too but against lesser competition and is scheduled to fight Struve on the same card.

Josh Barnett n Cormier would both be great options too.

I love the Dan Henderson idea. I really hope he puts his name out there and asks UFC for the chance. He will give up lots of size advantage against JDS but if anyone can find a way to win against bigger dudes, its Dan Hendo!


As for AO...no comment.

[Pasha K]

Where are all the people now that were saying that he is all natural and that amazing body change was due to great genetics??
Even M-1 global who is hated by everyone at some point declined the Fedor-Overeem fight unless Overeem was tested. Now haters come and say again that it was because M-1 was afraid!

This is not a surprise at all. I have been saying forever that the guy is on roids. You do not achieve what he achieved with genetics and horse meat.

[Fedorlei Gomipierre]

Not gonna lie, gun to my head I REALLY wanna see Fedor fight somebody on this card.

[trustkill]

Link to full article: UFC president White furious after Overeem fails drug test

The Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title match next month between champion Junior dos Santos and Alistair Overeem is in jeopardy after Overeem tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone.

A random drug test was conducted on March 27 in Las Vegas, when six fighters in the top-three bouts at UFC 146 were gathered for a press conference to promote the May 26 event. Overeem tested positive for increased testosterone levels. According to the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s Keith Kizer in a news release issued Wednesday, Overeem’s testosterone-to-epitestosterone levels were greater than 10-to-1.

Under NSAC guidelines, anything above a 6-to-1 ratio is considered a violation.

“I am beyond pissed about this,” said UFC president Dana White on Wednesday in a conference call with Canadian media that had been scheduled for one week.

“I’m so (expletive) mad right now I can’t even begin ... ”

Dos Santos, Frank Mir, Cain Velasquez, Roy Nelson and Antonio Silva all tested negative, Kizer noted.

Overeem will have to appear before the NSAC in order to be licensed in the state, Kizer said in the release.

The Dutch heavyweight made his UFC debut last December, beating former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar in the UFC 141 main event in Las Vegas. His appearance wasn’t without controversy, however.

Overeem missed a drug test in Nevada, saying he had flown back to Holland to be with his sick mother. A pair of drug tests conducted in Europe were then mishandled until he eventually submitted a sample to an accredited lab. He passed that test, along with a subsequent test in Nevada prior to UFC 141, and was granted a conditional license. Among the conditions of that license, he would be subjected to random tests throughout 2012.

White was incredulous over the positive result, struggling to find words when the topic was broached.

“The worst part is that he sat in front of us and lied to us,” said White, noting that Overeem has been in UFC’s offices meeting with White and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta, where he insisted he was clean and would pass all drug tests.

The UFC president feels that health issues, the loss of money and damage to reputation should be more than enough to deter fighters from using performance-enhancing drugs.

“How (expletive) stupid do you have to be? Seriously dumb. Anybody who’s using (performance-enhancing drugs) right now is an absolute (expletive) moron,” he said.

“It’s beyond — what’s the word I’m looking for — it’s beyond belief. It’s beyond comprehension. You’re an absolute moron, a brain-dead absolute (expletive) dummy. It goes beyond a guy have any common sense whatsoever.”

Should Overeem indeed be pulled from the UFC 146 main event, it leaves a major hole in the card. Velasquez and Mir are currently scheduled to meet in a No. 1 contender’s bout, but the drug test has led to speculation that Mir would receive the title shot. Velasquez lost the belt to dos Santos last October, while Mir — himself a former champion — is on a three-fight winning streak, with victories over Mirko Cro Cop, Roy Nelson and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.

White said it was too early to announce any changes to the card. He said he learned of the Overeem test results literally 30 minutes before the media call.

“I don’t have a plan-B,” he said.

He also doesn’t know what Overeem’s future with the company holds. White said he’s still waiting to hear from the Nevada commission and for Fertitta to hear Overeem’s side of the story.

“It doesn’t look good, does it?,” he said. “It doesn’t look good.”

[Esox Express]

I'll bet you anything he claims it was TRT that he forgot to disclose. Anything.