{"id":182611,"date":"2016-01-15T11:14:07","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T19:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=182611"},"modified":"2022-02-04T16:21:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T00:21:29","slug":"wanderlei-silva-released-from-ufc-after-making-public-apology-for-fixed-fight-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/wanderlei-silva-released-from-ufc-after-making-public-apology-for-fixed-fight-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanderlei Silva released from UFC after making public apology for &#8216;fixed fight&#8217; allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MMA legend <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/wanderlei-silva-i-never-tested-positive-but-they-want-to-ban-me-from-mma\/\">Wanderlei Silva<\/a> has been released from his contract with the UFC. FOX Sports says that their sources have confirmed the release, althought the UFC has yet to release a statement on situation.<\/p>\n<p>Per <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/ufc\/story\/ufc-wanderlei-silva-released-from-the-ufc-011416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOX Sports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Silva has been embroiled in a battle with the UFC for well over a year after he failed to submit to a drug test from the Nevada State Athletic Commission ahead of a scheduled fight with Chael Sonnen in 2014. At the time, Silva had no legal recourse to fight elsewhere since he was under UFC contract.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Silva eventually announced that he would walk away from the sport while he was still battling the state of Nevada over a lifetime suspension that was handed down and later retracted for fleeing a drug test that the commission attempted to administer before his fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Silva later admitted to taking a banned diuretic in the lead up to the fight.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Recently, Silva released a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/wanderlei-silva-apologizes-for-accusing-ufc-of-fixing-fights\/\">public statement<\/a> through his Facebook page retracting his earlier statements that the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/wanderlei-i-can-prove-the-ufc-fixed-fights\/\">UFC fixed fights<\/a>. According to Silva&#8217;s lawyer Ross Goodman, this put an end to a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/ufc-releases-statement-on-wanderlei-lawsuit\/\">defamation lawsuit<\/a> filed against Silva by the UFC. The release of Silva from the UFC also happened just as Silva&#8217;s re-hearing scheduled for this week for his lifetime ban from the Nevada State Athletic Commission was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/wanderlei-silvas-nac-hearing-pushed-to-the-sidelines-yet-again\/\">again pushed back<\/a> to a further date.<\/p>\n<p>Will we see Wanderlei Silva fighting soon outside of the UFC? Let us know what your thoughts are regarding the situation by leaving a comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMA legend Wanderlei Silva has been released from his contract with the UFC. FOX Sports says that their sources have confirmed the release, althought the UFC has yet to release a statement on situation. 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