“I’m absolutely sure that [Silva] didn’t take boldenone or any other prohibited substance. The hearing with the Commission was a joke, they didn’t listen to the evidence. I continue to completely support Bigfoot and I accept any consequence that will come to me, but we’ll continue our fight until the end. Their hearing (on February 10) is to screw us, but we’re going to civil justice against them. It is the first time that this will be done, we’ll go until the end. We’re right and we’re not afraid of them, they’re wrong. They tried to coerce us (not to fight in Japan) and now they sent a letter to Bigfoot. We’re here, we’re not going to run away. If it’s necessary, Bigfoot fights until the end of his life in Japan, that’s not a problem.”
Alex Davis - Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva’s longtime manager - speaks to Tatame.com about the hearing on February 10 with the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) that will decide the future of his client’s fight career in the United States. Bigfoot and his team have adamantly denied using the banned substance that he tested positive for after his heavyweight title win at Elite XC: “Unfinished Business” back in July. Silva’s appeal was unsuccessful in October and the suspension was upheld. Still claiming innocence and needing to work to earn a living, Silva took a fight at Sengoku 7 in Japan last week in spite of the suspension handed down by the CSAC. Now he faces having his license revoked in the U.S. all together when this hearing goes down on February 10.
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“I will fight no more forever” HAHA….I guess Bigfoot isn’t just a clever name
Nice.
lmao….An english major perhaps ???
I am sick of the CSAC!!! I could care less what they say. I honestly believe that Bigfoot is probably innocent…THose guys just have no credibility in my eyes. If he were to test positive in Vegas, I wouldnt even bother defending the man, but he got pooped in Cali and they are a JOKE!!!!
Either way, I dont give a crap if he ever fighst again in America. I am a fan of the guy and would continue to watch him fight if he fights in Japan. I would love to see him fight other big boys like Aleks or Tim Sylvia…maybe even Semmy Shilt over in Japan!
Or a US history major. Wasn’t that a famous quote by Sitting Bull? It may be a different Indian chief, but I know it was one of them.
Check this:
Boldenone (1,4-androstadiene-3-one-17β-ol, available as the undecylenate ester), also known under the trade names Equipoise, Ganabol, Equigan and Ultragan, is an anabolic steroid developed for veterinary use.
IT IS FOR ANIMALS! Now explain how that happened.
Dayvet, this is very confusing,… I can’t understand how something like Boldenone got into Bigoot’s system… yet his camp hasn’t publicly (I think?) explained how the CSAC is at fault, other than Bigfoot has a medical condition? How in the HELL would Boldenone turn up on a test? medical condition or not?
I haven’t heard that Bigfoot’s camp is claiming testing errors or anything of that nature other than blaming the results on a medical condition. They must have more than that for evidence in order to vehemently deny CSAC’s test results… I wish they would state exactly what their argument is… I think we haven’t heard the whole argument.
A lot of steroids/drugs made for veterinary use are abused by people.
It’s puzzling how it would show up, but it would be a really fucked up thing for him to take considering his condition.
Please correct me if i am wrong, and i am not sticking up for him at all cuz i think he took the roids. But i think in some conditions they do a surgery or the type of meds you take kinda nullifies your normal test. so they have to give you artificial steroids, but i dont think tehy are ever horse roids haha. Like i said dont quote me on this but i think i read that somewhere.
test=testosterone
the CSAC is really messing with this guy..Can’t really say if he is innocent or not but this thing has to clear up soon enough
Very true. If I’m correct this ruling was handed down under notorious Armando Garcia? The man who stopped a fight for Aleksander Emilienenko and then leaked that is was because he had HEP B(which he didnt) The inability of the CSAC to be taken seriously has become a sore on MMA and is damaging to the sport. Go to hell CSAC
Spooner1234, how do you know Aleks doesnt have Hep.B?
Agreed fu*k the CSAC, they have been exposed as a joke, The CSAC should be called the racketering athletic commision
Sherk Never took Steroids
big foot has a medical condition and never took steroids
not once at any time did sherk or bigfoot try to take enhancing drugs to have an edge to fight thats what I believe.
look at fighters who have been busted like leben, bonnar, franca they admitted it accepted responsibility and served there suspensions so why on earth would sherk or big foot proclaim thier innocence time after time maybe because they are innocent I know alot of people dont like sherk probably because of his fighting style but if you think he took enhancing drugs your crazy
he got his incredible cardio and physical fitness from blood sweat and tears in the gyms with hard work
F**k the CSAC they need to admit they were wrong
dia mette:
So then why was this the first time this issue has come up in relation to his disease? Was this the first drug test he has ever taken? If his people knew this, then why had it never been mentioned before? You would think that if they knew of a chemical problem with his body thst could show a false positive they would mention it to the athletic commission. I’m not buying it. Boldenone is a anabolic steroid thats been developed for veterinary use and is used mostly to treat horses (most probably know that already). Its the same steroid that Josh Barnett, Phil Baroni, and Stephan Bonner have been suspended for taking. Silva had the tumor removed in August 2007 and this was his third fight since then. So all of a sudden it just pops up in his system? I seriously doubt that. The half life for this steroid is pretty long, so if he was getting a steady stream of this in his system he would be popping positive all the time, not just once. Do some research, buddy.
And I know that they would have definately told you if they had taken Roids LOL. So now I know that they were definately clean and the big bad CSAC have screwed them over!!
It was confirmed afterward and hes fought since then JV. They cleared that up and said it was a paperwork issue… just like they said the NIck Diaz was paper work
Spooner from what I remember, Aleks said it was paperwork not the SAC! Maybe hes fought in Japan, but I dont think hes fought in the states!
According to the CSAC Emelianenko was supposed to appear for testing on the 13th, but due to only receiving his Visa on the 14th he was unable to make the appointment. Aleksander travelled to the US on the 15th hoping it all could be straightened out, but the CSAC were not interested.
sorry should have quoted
http://www.fightchat.com/183-aleksander-emelianenko-affliction-2/
Can someone explain to me how a state athletic commission can prevent a fighter from fighting anywhere but in that state? Isnt their power restricted to the state they govern? Isnt it up to other states and countries if they follow the ruling of another commission?
North: Normally if a guys licensed in suspended or revoked another state will chose not to grant a license until that matter is cleared up, I believe.
…license is suspended…*
They try to uphold each other’s decision to look like a they work in unison even though they only govern themselves. CSAC is by far the worst commission in the US followed by Florida. BigFoot needs to battle them to the end even if it’s a futile fight. Maybe it will awaken everyone else to do something or refuse to fight there. I can’t keep going when it comes to commissions, coz my argument will just degenerate into insults.
Not at all…Check this:
Boldenone (1,4-androstadiene-3-one-17β-ol, available as the undecylenate ester), also known under the trade names Equipoise, Ganabol, Equigan and Ultragan, is an anabolic steroid developed for veterinary use.
IT IS FOR ANIMALS! Now explain how that happened.
Oh well. Who cares if he never fights in the US. He won’t be missed.
Exactly. No loss whatsoever for MMA. He’s barely a mixed martial artist anyways.
He knows he is guilty which is why he went to Japan instead of manning up and taking his suspension. Their argument doesnt even make sence. He tested positive for bildenone, a veterinary steroid, a year after his tumor was removed, but never did test positive prior? Give me a break.
sense*
Word. He’s hiding in Japan because he’s guilty. The money gets big, the cheating gets big–that’s the way it goes. See:
Barry
Floyd
Raphael
Giambi
etc.
Plus they dont test over there
Every ones allway’s fucking with Sasquatch.
Leave Sasquatch alone.
Fight the power, don’t let “The Man” keep you down.
Are you referring to Samuel L. Jackson or Eugene Levy?
If I have to choose between the 2. Sammy Jackson.
It is probably good for him to stay in Japan, i think he will make more money over there due to size and he will probably get more fights per year (assuming Dream and Sengoku dont go out of business)
He might get paid more, assuming he actually gets paid…
touche haha
Whether or not he took roids is irrelevant at this point. He took the punishment; he had no choice. No, this is about a bizarre sort of megalomania on part of the CSAC.
Those guys at ATT NEVER take roids.
SEE! I’m not the only one who tested positive for roids and didnt really take them! the tests must be faulty. but hey, i did pass a lie detector. and if you guys havent noticed, im still ripped as hell and i passed my most recent roid test.
yea ofc, but you’re slowing down in the 3d round these days.. I know you cheated to be able to go 5 rounds without getting tired..
dia mette- i agree 100% with your post. i have trained at the MMAA (Minn. Martial Arts Academy) and my jits instructor trains daily with sherk. He has always been a muscle-bound freak and the roid he tested positive for was not even a muscle-enhancing roid. it was nandrolone. sherk works harder than 98% of all MMA fighters and he paid for it.
fuck csac!
WAR Big Foot!
Shove it up theirs (CSAC)
War Bigfoot with no license!!!!!
If he and Sherk have never taken a “banned substance” strange how it would show up in a drug test? I like these guys who post on here that they know for sure that they are clean, just curious as to how you know? after the test where you the first person they called to say it wasent so? in fact some people use drugs and ther spouses dont even know, so I am just curious how some guy who has watched someone fight on the TV or internet knows for sure that the person is clean? give your head a shake!
P.S I hope he is clean and can fight in the US again, but again I dont know if he is or is not.
Big foot I would say is probably guilty, but thats just based on the whole argument that this drug he tested positive for is used on horses. I tend to believe Sherk when he says he was clean, he’s a small guy, he’s just shredded; that and when you go through all the evidence the lawyer presents as to the actual process his drug test went through there were plenty of reasons to suspect a false positive.
And I want a shirt that says “I’m here, I’m clean, I’m the Champ” or w/e his shirt said, I’ll put my own photo over his, that would be F*in funny.
F_ch yeah!
Bigfoots the man.
I say let em all go…..Juice up and lets see the real ‘ultimate’ contests….think about it …lol…save the ones who hide it ….have a division just for them
im sorry maybe im just ignorant but where is the quote “i will fight no more forever”? i havent seen it anywhere.
just because CSAC may pull his license does not mean he will be unable to fight in the US forever, nor does it mean that his license to fight in the US will be pulled if CSAC pulls their license. does it make it more difficult? absolutely. but look at gilbert yvel, nsac revoked his license and yet csac is probably going to let him fight at Affliction 2.
look at his nose! it’s HUGE, the guy definetly has a horse face.
CSAC does suck. But so what if he is taking enhancing drugs. We all want to see the biggest and most powerful fighters anyway.