Tim Credeur — who takes Adderall to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) — was not permitted to take on Cale Yarbrough last night at The Ultimate Figher (TUF) 7 Finale because traces of the prescription drug were still in his system.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) handed down the ruling just hours before the middleweight bout was set to go off from The Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas.
Here’s a snip from NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer via UFC.com on the decision:
“[Adderall] acts as a cardio-vascular restrictor and that’s the main reason it’s banned because it can cause athletes to have a cardiac episode with the stress they’re under when they’re in an athletic competition. Secondly, it can have a performance-enhancing effect as well.”
Credeur — a semifinalist on TUF 7 — will not be suspended or fined for the positive test result because he was upfront with the NSAC about his medication. Perhaps the fight will be added to UFC Fight Night 14 on July 19, which would give Credeur more than enough time to clean out his system.
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Thats ridiculous
This is B.S! Tim suffers from Add so he takes aderal, perscribed to him and they dont let him fight? So what is the Nsac trying to say, if he have ADD you cant fight in the UFC, or you can fight but u cant treat it?
This is a JOKE! I feel bad for Tim, I dont feel bad for Cale because he doesnt belong anyway. He is just Forrest’s frined so he tagged along!
GAY. I was hoping to see this fight…
I have yet to look (I’m going to right now), but has anyone watched the McLovin/Burkman fight?
Didn’t find it. If anyone has a link, PLEASE post here.
Looking for it as well Mike. All I know is Dustin won me $200 with that arm bar!
JOHN, go to UFC.com and you can watch it FOR FREE. Just click on it and you watch from the UFC homepage. The Forrest/Rampage interviews that aired during the finale is shown first, then the Hazelett fight.
Dustin looked fabulous in that bout. Submission after submission after submission. Vicous omaplata. One of the GREATEST arm bars ever!!!!!
Good to hear Bruce Buffer back to announcing his nickname, McLOVIN, and what is up with The People Warrior’s new nickname?? Josh “Hollywood” Burkman. Are you f’ing kidding me? The only thing hollywood about him are those funny kicks he tries.
Talk about the student being better than the teacher!
Meaning, Hazelett better applies his BJJ skills in MMA than Gurgel does
McLovin is just sooooooooo McLovable!!!
How can you not be a fan of this kid?
Thanks! WOW is McLovin amazing or what? Viollentmike: I really hope u bet on McLovin to beat Burkman, that was money in the bank!
I want to see Diego vs. Koschek next, but that cant happen because Koschek will loose to Chris Lytle in 2 weeks, so the next fight for Diego should be:
Diego Sanchez vs. McLovin!
ADD meds are stimulants.
I know, I took them for a few years, I now “control” my ADD without meds (I have more adapted to it, than controlling it…). You wouldn’t allow a fighter to fight with speed in him, ADD meds shouldn’t be any different.
I saw a headline recently that ADD diagnosis is sky rocketing in major league baseball. Not because those guys have ADD, but because they have figured out that ADD meds enhance performance…
sucks 4 Cale, all that traning and no fight!he had family there friends watching he has to be on the July 19th!!
It sucks just as much for Tim, he trained just as hard and also had family and friends there.
Odd. At least there will be no punishment handed down to him.
Medically it doesn’t make sense for the athletic commissions to forbid the use of stimulants prescribed for treatment of ADHD. CNS stimulants act differently on the CNS’ of ADHD sufferers than they do on us regular folk. They actually take the user down a notch rather than jacking them up one or two. Besides, the stimulants found in adderall are quite powerful, but “trace amounts” probably stacks up to no more than the caffeine in a sip of coffee. Should the commissions ban caffeine, too? After all, CNS stimulants act almost exactly the same across the board, be they from cocaine, ADHD meds or a pepsi; it’s merely the volume and delivery mechanisms that differ.
clayton. please read the whole article next time. thanks.
The article was too long for him as he was no longer able to pay attention to it.
i used to take adderal and i have been diagnosed with add before everybody realized how cool the med for it was and began faking it. anyway, addy still gets me jacked despite having the disorder and when I excercise or train i have much better endurance and energy. btw, caffine in addition to adderal equals the best and most productive studying known to man.
there’s a pretty good chance you don’t have ADHD if you’re stacking stimulants like that and studying well. if it gets you jacked at all you almost certainly don’t have it. just sayin.
I don’t understand how the phrases “cardio-vascular restrictor” and “performing enhancing” can be used in the same description?
yeah. there’s so many things wrong here.
yeah thats what i was thinking. “it can kill you…or it can help you win the fight. either one”
one thing is important, Tim proves he’s a class act. He reported the use of drugs and ultimately did not go out and fight in shame. Tim and cale will have their fight another day.
Adderall is an amphetamine. If I fought in the UFC I’d take it because it seriously does have a performance enhancing effect.
He doesn’t take it as a performance enhancing drug.
it may not be the reason he takes it but it still could give him a chemical advantage over his opponent.
If this drug was prescribed to him by a physician…than Tim knew, his fight team knew, and no doubt that the UFC knew that this drug was in his system and that it could interfer with his pre-fight drug tests.
I’m sure they did drug testing for the fights shown on the TUF show, so, Tim knew what he had to do to cycle this stuff out of his system.
I liken it more to a fighter not making weight.
If it is a personal medical condition documented and treated, I cannot believe the NSAC intervenes. Finally they use good judgment by not sanctioning or fining this guy.
so? Diaz can smoke weed for ADD, but Credeur can’t take adderall?
Look a little more into that man. Doctors (respectable doctors) don’t prescribe weed for a guy in their 20’s for ADD sorry…a little more to that story yo
LOL. maybe I didn’t sound sarcastic enough.
He might have used it when he fought CB, he wasnt gassed right away in that fight. Just a thought.
Who cares this guy is a looser
What? and Your not? pfft!
I personally know Tim Credeur. I am from Baton Rouge, LA and he has trained with some of my friends and myself and also sparred with some of my friends. He is a really good dude in real life you all. He would not be using adderall for anything else then to suppress or help with his ADHD. Believe me, Tim takes fighting seriously. No doubt about it. I also heard from some of his friends that he openly admitted before the drug test when asked if he was on any medication that he was on adderall and also had documentation from doctors stating the reason for it. He was also taking the medication before the show (not sure whether he actually took it on the show though). After openly admitting to taking it medically his drug tests proved what he said but only showed very, very trace amounts of the drug. Proving in fact that he was taking it medically because of how little he had in his system because it is used to suppress the hyperactivity in his body. Another words it burns off quickly in his body because he actually needs it and is not abusing it.
Just thought I would let you all know what actually happened because sometimes these reports are not always very accurate and sometimes leave out important details. Tim is really a good guy who loves fighting and competing whole heartedly. But, I was also told that there has been no word so far to him about the UFC asking him back and that he and his family were waiting on a POSSIBLE call from the UFC. We are all hoping that he does make it in the UFC because like I said he has trained hard as long as we have known him and is truly dedicated to doing this….. Anthony
Thanks for the insight! No Worries, CRueder will be asked back in the UFC for sure. I wouldnt be surprised if the UFC asks him tro participate at the July 19th UFN 14 event.
I am a big fan of crueder, he is a class act! Just tell your boy, not to talk about how hot other guys are on National TV (creepy)! lol
Poor Tim. I really liked him. I hope he gets another shot.
This is almost too duhm to ask because it’s NOT a common name. But is Cale Yarbrough related to the race car legend?
Either way it doesn’t matter if Tim was taking it or not he was still going to beat the shit out of Cale. Cale should never have been on the show in the first place, he got lucky in the first match because he was getting his ass beat then the guy winded. Then for his second fight he fought the shittiest person in the house who didnt deserve to be there as well and barely won. I’m pretty sure they just made this match so that Tim could get a win and could stick around the UFC.