{"id":148594,"date":"2015-06-09T16:11:20","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T23:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=148594"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:05:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:05:32","slug":"california-leads-charge-suspends-fighter-for-two-years-following-failed-ped-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/california-leads-charge-suspends-fighter-for-two-years-following-failed-ped-test\/","title":{"rendered":"California Leads Charge, Suspends Fighter For Two Years Following Failed PED Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mike-Richman.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-119200\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mike-Richman.png\" alt=\"Mike Richman\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mike-Richman.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mike-Richman-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mike-Richman-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The California State Athletic Commission is not messing around anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Executive Director Andy Foster announced that two fighters who fought on the Bellator 137, card failed their drug test.<\/p>\n<p>According to Foster, bantamweight Mike Richman and welterweight Fernando Gonzalez failed their test. Richman lost his fight and tested positive for a PED. Gonzalez won his fight and tested positive for marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Foster also announced that Richman will be suspended two years and fined $2,500. That&#8217;s a much larger suspension than previous offenders.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez will be fined $1,500 and the cost of his drug test and a 90 day fine.<\/p>\n<p>Is this a sign to come of commissions enforcing harsher penalties?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what Richman had to say on his Facebook account:<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=10153375506373407&amp;id=96605628406\" data-width=\"500\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=10153375506373407&amp;id=96605628406\"><p>In regards to my positive test results for an Anabolic Steroid. I want to say that I lost the integrity in myself and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Mike-The-Marine-Richman\/96605628406\">Mike &#8220;The Marine&#8221; Richman<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=10153375506373407&amp;id=96605628406\">Tuesday, June 9, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>BJPENN.COM ALL-ACCESS! UFC 188 &#8211; Gilbert Melendez Media Day! &#8212; WATCH! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe src='\/\/players.brightcove.net\/3674338004001\/eaee41e3-5171-4ead-a4ec-4e7670e9e465_default\/index.html?videoId=4275798040001' width='560' height='315' allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The California State Athletic Commission is not messing around anymore. Today, Executive Director Andy Foster announced that two fighters who fought on the Bellator 137, card failed their drug test. According to Foster, bantamweight Mike Richman and welterweight Fernando Gonzalez failed their test. Richman lost his fight and tested positive for a PED. Gonzalez won [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":119200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"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>California Leads Charge, Suspends Fighter For Two Years Following Failed PED Test | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"California suspends a fighter for two years following a failed drug test...Full story on BJPENN.COM.\" \/>\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\/mma-news\/bellator\/california-leads-charge-suspends-fighter-for-two-years-following-failed-ped-test\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" 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