{"id":116275,"date":"2014-10-23T13:04:43","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T20:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=116275"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:14:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:14:51","slug":"nevada-wont-be-testing-vitor-belfort-ahead-of-weidman-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/nevada-wont-be-testing-vitor-belfort-ahead-of-weidman-bout\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada Won&#8217;t Be Testing Vitor Belfort Ahead Of Weidman Bout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/nevada-wont-be-testing-vitor-belfort-ahead-of-weidman-bout\/vitor-belfort-19\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-116311\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116311\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Vitor-Belfort1.jpg\" alt=\"Vitor Belfort\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Vitor-Belfort1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Vitor-Belfort1-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Vitor-Belfort1-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Nevada State Athletic Commission will not be putting Vitor Belfort under their random drug testing protocol ahead of his upcoming bout against Chris Weidman.<\/p>\n<p>While &#8220;The Phenom&#8221; was originally expected to have the microscope on him, an injury to Chris Weidman has forced the duo out of Nevada&#8217;s reach.<\/p>\n<p>Ariel Helwani reported: (Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/10\/23\/7046145\/nevada-hands-vitor-belfort-drug-testing-duties-to-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>On Wednesday, MMAFighting.com spoke to NAC executive director Bob Bennett, who said he currently has no plans in place to randomly test Belfort because the UFC recently informed the commission that the Weidman vs. Belfort fight would probably take place in California next year. (Note: the UFC has yet to publicly announce the official date and location of the title fight, however, UFC president Dana White recently said it would happen in February.) Bennett also said the commission had yet to test Belfort, despite the fact that the title fight was official for two months before Weidman had to pull out. Weidman confirmed he had not been tested, as well.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/opoliglota.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Vitor-Belfort-6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opoliglota.com.br<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nevada State Athletic Commission will not be putting Vitor Belfort under their random drug testing protocol ahead of his upcoming bout against Chris Weidman. While &#8220;The Phenom&#8221; was originally expected to have the microscope on him, an injury to Chris Weidman has forced the duo out of Nevada&#8217;s reach. Ariel Helwani reported: (Via MMAFighting.com) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":116311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[220,11,16,1057],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nevada Won&#039;t Be Testing Vitor Belfort Ahead Of Weidman Bout | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/nevada-wont-be-testing-vitor-belfort-ahead-of-weidman-bout\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nevada Won&#039;t Be Testing Vitor Belfort Ahead Of Weidman Bout | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nevada State Athletic Commission will not be putting Vitor Belfort under their random drug testing protocol ahead of his upcoming bout against Chris Weidman. 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