Friday, June 6, 2014
UFC middleweight fighter Vitor Belfort’s drug test results from February will be made public on June 17th.
On June 17th Belfort must go before the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) for a comprehensive licensing review, hoping to obtain his license so he can fight Chael Sonnen on July 5th at UFC 175 main event.
Bob Bennett, the executive director of the NSAC said, “The test results will be made public, yes. If Mr. Belfort appears at his hearing, which I’m sure he will, the commissioners will get to question him about any topics they want and I’m sure that will come up.”
Belfort had to submit a sample to a random drugs test back in February in Las Vegas, but controversy has surrounded the test. Belfort is allegedly on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and injects testosterone at a dose consistent with putting his total testosterone levels as the same as a normal eugondal male. Belfort also failed a drugs test back in 2006 for anabolic steroids adding fuel to the fire.
Belfort was originally set to face UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman at UFC 173, but withdrew from the bout less than 24 hours after the NSAC unanimously voted to ban the use of testosterone replacement therapy in Nevada.
Joe Rogan has since commented, perhaps letting the cat out of the bag and claiming Belfort did, in fact, fail the random drugs test in February, leading to the wider ban on HRT use in the UFC.
“They did it to Vitor…random drug test. And Vitor was on testosterone. That’s the reason that testosterone got banned in the first place. The whole thing went down when Vitor tested positive with the Nevada State Athletic Commission, after that. Before that, they were considering him for a testosterone exemption….And because he tested positive they scrapped the whole testosterone program”, Rogan explained.
All this comes after Wanderlei Silva refused to submit a drug test sample, following officials randomly turning up before the original main card event at UFC 175. Silva refused the drugs test and then professed his innocence but was removed from fighting Chael Sonnon. Belfort then took Silva’s place, but that now looks in doubt after these reports.
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