{"id":139177,"date":"2015-04-21T09:13:06","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T16:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=139177"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:35:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:35:47","slug":"anderson-silva-admits-anti-inflammatory-use-steroids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/anderson-silva-admits-anti-inflammatory-use-steroids\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Silva Admits to Anti-Inflammatory Use, But Not Steroids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Anderson-Silva.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Anderson-Silva.jpg\" alt=\"Anderson Silva\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Anderson-Silva.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Anderson-Silva-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Anderson-Silva-585x305.jpg 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Anderson-Silva-390x203.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNo, I didn\u2019t take anything. Hear me out. I never took anything like that. No way. I\u2019ve never taken anything. I did take anti-inflammatory shots. No way! I\u2019m telling you I didn\u2019t do it! Are you crazy? I took hydroxocobalamin for three days. That was the only thing I took. I\u2019ve never used any anabolic steroid to fight or to improve my performance.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Anderson Silva failed his pre-fight UFC 183 drug test for performance enhancing drugs, but the former middleweight champion wants to make it clear that he never took any.<\/p>\n<p>On a recent episode of &#8216;The Ultimate Fighter Brazil: Season 4&#8217;, Anderson Silva denied using any form of performance enhancing drugs and stated that he only took an anti-inflammatory called hydroxocobalamin.<\/p>\n<p>The news is unfolding in a weekly episode manner as the last few episodes of Brazil&#8217;s &#8216;The Ultimate Fighter&#8217; has been based around Silva <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/watch-anderson-silva-tears-finding-failed-drug-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">receiving<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/caught-tape-anderson-silva-reacts-testing-positive-steroids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reacting<\/a> to the news. Anderson Silva was supposed to have a hearing with the Nevada State Athletic Commission on April 9th, but his request to postpone it was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/anderson-silvas-request-extension-granted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">granted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH! 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