Josh Barnett is scheduled to present his appeal in front of the California state athletic commission on Dec. 8 to clear his name from a positive drug test earlier this summer.Barnett, who was the first fighter subjected to a random testing in California, was scheduled to meet with the commission Monday, but the former UFC champ's attorney requested that his hearing be postponed to allow additional time for Barnett to receive unspecified documents related to his results from the World Anti-doping Agency test facility at UCLA in Los Angeles.
Barnett was tested in June and results were revealed late July to be positive for 2a-methyl-5a-androstan-3a-ol-17-one, an anabolic steroid. The commission promptly denied Barnett a license to fight Fedor Emelianenko, which not only led to the cancellation of the Aug. 1 Affliction 3 event, but the demise of Affliction as a fight promoter.
Barnett, who is denying intentionally ingesting any banned substances, awaited the results of his "B" sample, but that also came back positive a week after.
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10-27-2009 @ 7:19PM
Phil said...
Anyone who believes Barnett at this point is a fool. The guy is up to positive test #3, how can he expect anyone to believe that he isn't still doping? He really shouldn't be allowed to fight anymore.
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10-28-2009 @ 7:44AM
Eric said...
Phil - Leben, Sherk, Sylvia, and many more fighters are still fighting. Why shouldn't Barnett be allowed to fight as well?
If we only knew how many fighters took banned substances, with limited detection times, during their training camps ... Barnett passed tests for his Affliction fights against Yvel & Rizzo, but fell victim to the first case of random testing.
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