The following is an excerpt from an article on Sherdog.com:
Breaking News: CSAC Indefinitely Suspends Morton
Sunday, June 03, 2007
by Josh Gross [email protected]
Following his mixed martial arts debut Saturday in Los Angeles, former NFL football player Johnny Morton was indefinitely suspended by the California State Athletic Commission after the 35-year-old from Torrance, Calif. refused to take his post-fight anti-doping test, CSAC Executive Officer Armando Garcia told Sherdog.com.
Morton will not be paid the $100,000 purse he was slated to receive after fighting the Ivory Coast's Bernard Ackah. The former USC Trojan wide receiver fell to Ackah in just 38 seconds when an overhand right dropped him cold to the canvas.
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