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Reply With Quotei am not sure what you mean? sorry goonOriginally Posted by Gooner
Sherk files appeal
MMA WEEKLY - Your #1 Source for Daily MMA News, Interviews, Multimedia, and MoreLess than 24 hours after the news that both competitors in the recent lightweight title fight at UFC 73 had tested positive for steroids, it has been confirmed by the California State Athletic commission that champion Sean Sherk has filed an appeal.
His opponent, Hermes Franca, has also filed an appeal, although based on speaking with CSAC Executive Director Armando Garcia, it is likely that Franca’s appeal is to try to lessen the amount of time given for the suspension, which is currently a standard one-year suspension for a positive steroid test.
Armando Garcia spoke to MMAWeekly and confirmed that Sherk called and spoke to him directly and advised of his intention to file the appeal, also claiming that he had never even heard of the steroid Nandralone, the drug he tested positive for according to the commission’s report.
The appeal will be heard in Los Angeles on August 6th in front of the California State Athletic Commission along with many other fighters who have tested positive for steroids, including the afore mentioned Hermes Franca, Phil Baroni and boxer James Toney.
During this appeal process, Garcia confirmed that the commission will not give Sherk another test, be it another urine test or a blood test. Garcia did say that Sherk has the option to do his own independent testing and present that along with any other evidence, witnesses, etc. to the commission when they hear the appeal on August 6th.
Armando Garcia stood by the validity of the tests that were performed on all fighters, mentioning specifically that both the “A” and “B” samples, which will not be tested by the athletic commission’s labs unless in a pristine state, came back positive. Also, in the case of nandralone and testosterone, because they are produced by the human body, the commission will perform an analysis on the sample to review the validity.
In Sean Sherk’s case, the levels for nandralone came back at 12 ng/mL. The average adult will test for nandralone at 2 ng/mL, and an athlete with vigorous activity will test up to 6 ng/mL. Garcia stands behind the fact that Sherk’s test coming back at 12 ng/mL, twice the limit, is more than enough to prove the positive testing correct.
I'm shocked. I just knew he was gonna man up.
i am not sure what you mean? sorry goon
hes saying he thought Sherk would just step up and admit it, right? Ya i dont see this being over turned thoughi am not sure what you mean? sorry goon
Well, wish him the best. I doubt it will get overturned. I guess I'm use to seeing him fight once a year. ha
ohhh it must have been accidently taken? or he didnt know? or he thought it was legal.... hahahaha sorry but weve already seen this time and time again with baseball... give it up, take your time off and see what your made of without cheating!
well did he admit it or not?
Take a wild guess.
Yep, I was being sarcastic though.
As I pretty much knew this was gonna happen.
Should have added a rolleyes-smiley probably.
Screw you guys lol, I want him to take on the appeal and win, having the champ of all people lol out of contention is no good to anybody is it?
Am putting money on him being spiked (probably literally) and they will find a fall guy to prove Sherks obvious innocence in this tragic matter.
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Hmmm... I think he's going to win the appeal. I guess we'll see what happens.
About the only way Sherk will win the appeal is if he can present unquestionable evidence that his body naturally produces insane amounts of nandralone. He would have to have independant tests and medical witnesses to that fact. I just dont see him winning this appeal. Sherk can pretty much kiss that lightweight belt goodbye.
Agreed, and I think it's possible that he can prove it false (though it will be difficult).
If he doesn't win the Appeal and truly did juice, then he definitely deserves to be stripped of the belt AND be suspended.
For him to say he never heard of nandrolone is insane! I've never taken steriods, but I know what that is just from guys talking in the gym!
What is it with all these athletes taking steriods, I'm glad they both got 1 year suspensions, that should be the minimum everywhere for testing positive. This sport is trying to gain credibility and with guys testing positive left and right it's not helping.
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It's good to see Serk fighting it but his appeal coming out successful is doubtful.
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I would honestly would rather see him man-up and take his punishment for cheating. If it truly was a mistake and he took something that he did not know was wrong then I am sorry for being so harsh but that will be extremely hard to prove imo.
Watching all access i thought he took enough supplements. He was taking 28 pills three times a day and working his ass off in the gym! I never thought he was on roids. But, if it is true, I will lose most of the respect I had for him in the first place. I hope it's not but it is exetremly hard to prove and is probly true......
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I'm not saying that i'm sure about this.. But... If he was saying the truth... I suspect that the 28 pills 3 times a day has something to do with.. I mean, he might been taking some herbal stuff, precursors of any nature that boosted up his level.. Without actually taking the synthetic illegal ones..
That's just a thought..
So if he was saying the truth.. he should work on proving that.. which i doubt it works.. bcoz he may need a whole team of researchers in order to do that..
Im not sure what to make of this at all.
The type of steroid in his system is a extremly hard one to prove, so he does have that in his corner, but at the level he tested is quite high.
It is worth mentioning that there are many different types of Nandrolone.
Nandrolone Methandriol is odd for him to get caught using as it is one of the more rare steroids and not very popular in the steroid community.
Nandrolone itself is one of the most popular ones as it is very versatile, but nandrolone methandriol is a combination between nandrolone and libirol which is a very week steroid.
The combination of these two steroids is very highly estrogenic, so i dont understand why he would be taking a synthetic version. The only real benefit of methandriol(libirol) is that it boost your immune system preventing you from getting sick from overtraining and prevents your muscles from catabolizing making it a anti-catabolic. It will not make you bigger nor does it have and strength gains associated with it.
For him to say though that he has never heard of nandrolone is a bit ridiclious in my opinion, most people who lift have heard of it.
I wish him best, but i don't think its going to turn out very well for him.
He has a better chance then if it would have been anything else, since it is a natural hormone and very hard to test for and accuratly gauge.
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Thanx for the info dude.. didn't know these details..
And yeah, he's going down
i hope he fights the appeal and wins and i really hope he's telling the truth but if he's not he needs his belt taken away. and this coming froma big sherk fan.
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Well im not trying to say that if he did take it that he is right to take it or anything like that.
I just think facts are getting twisted around very easily, i mean there are 7 different types of the Nandrolone chemical.
I think he has a better chance then with anything else, but i just dont think the levels of the drug can be justified, if they are true, then i wish i had his genes lol.
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