Anderson Silva suspended for one year....

[Nemesis21]

http://espn.go.com/mma/story/_/id/13432162/anderson-silva-suspended-one-year-failed-drug-tests

[CPT]

Retroactively, so basically nothing. He was probably not going to fight before that anyway.

[Jasen777]

Apparently the whole thing was a traveshamockery.

Five things we learned from Anderson Silva's bizarre Nevada Athletic Commission hearing

1. This was an absurd, hilarious moment in combat sports.

This was worth the cost an entire year of Fight Pass alone. For the sad souls who had the misfortune of not catching it live, it goes like this. The commission uses a speakerphone to interview witnesses or sports officials who need to testify in some capacity, and let the media call in to hear them speak. The speakerphone can be heard from the commissioner's microphone in the room. It's difficult to mute everyone when interviewing someone on the phone, so someone (or many) figured out how to call in and play music while the hearing was being conducted. The choices ranged from Shaggy's 'It Wasn't Me' or 2 Live Crew's 'Me So Horny' to Salt N' Pepa's 'Let's Talk About Sex'. There were others, but you get the idea. All of it was timed perfectly and served as quite a bit more than comic relief, but commentary on the event....

[Jasen777]

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[Nemesis21]

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[REDDzone]

Catching up on some mma news a little, the Anderson stuff is interesting to read about. Presumably has been tested a dozen or more times, never did and still has never failed a fight night drug test. However, his one and only out of competition test in his whole career - busted for roids.

Interesting.

[K1NG]

Anderson was the reason I got hooked to MMA in 2007 after seeing him dummy Rich Franklin, but I've lost all respect for the man now. Everyone effs up, the least you can do is own it.