{"id":101705,"date":"2014-06-17T20:42:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T03:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=101705"},"modified":"2022-02-06T10:01:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T18:01:58","slug":"wanderlei-silva-admits-to-taking-banned-substances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/wanderlei-silva-admits-to-taking-banned-substances\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanderlei Silva Admits To Taking Banned Substances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wanderlei-silva-jon-jones-can-beat-sonnen-with-just-a-jab-ufc-news\/wanderlei-silva\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-49442\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/wanderlei-silva.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"wanderlei silva\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/wanderlei-silva.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/wanderlei-silva-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/wanderlei-silva-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During a NSAC hearing earlier today for Wanderlei Silva and several other fighters and boxers, Silva admitted to taking two banned substances.<\/p>\n<p>After his brawl with Chael Sonnen on the TUF set, Wanderlei Silva began taking anti-inflammatory medication for a fractured wrist, and then began taking diuretics to minimize the amount of water that he was retaining.<\/p>\n<p>Silva refused to submit to a random drug test on May 24th, and began evading the man hired to collect Silva&#8217;s blood and urine samples.  After the sample collector finally tracked Silva down at his gym, Silva ducked out a side door and fled the area, leaving the collector to call Silva&#8217;s wife to try and track down the former Pride champion.  <\/p>\n<p>The NSAC will review Silva&#8217;s case and go from there.  No decision has been made as to whether or not they will formally file a complaint against Silva.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a NSAC hearing earlier today for Wanderlei Silva and several other fighters and boxers, Silva admitted to taking two banned substances. 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