EliteXC and Affliction Drug Test Failures Will be Announced Tomorrow

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Positive Affliction, EliteXC Drug Tests To Be Released Today
Published 8/21/2008 by Kris Karkoski at MMAFrenzy.com
... reported the development late-Wednesday. One fighter from Affliction “Banned” and one fighter from EliteXC “Unfinished Business” have tested positive for a banned substance. Affliction “Banned” took place on July 19th at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California while EliteXC “Unfinished Business” took place on July 26th at the Stockton Arena in Stockton, California. According to Bloody Elbow Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Antonio Nogueira, and Edwin Dewees have not yet been cleared from Affliction “Banned”, while Jake Shields, Nick Thompson, Antonio Silva, and Justin Eilers ...

Eight fighters sweat it out today
Published 8/21/2008 by Steve Cofield at Yahoo! MMA Blog
... BloodyElbow.com did a nice job of compiling the list of fighters who are in the clear. But there are still those two positive test that will have eight fighters on edge as they wait for the CSAC's announcement. ...

Drug suspension D-Day!
Published 8/21/2008 by fightlinker at Fightlinker.com » Fightlinker - MMA, UFC, and other funny fight crap
... to tantalize us with the prospect of drug suspensions resulting from July’s Affliction and EliteXC shows. Word is they’ll be making announcements sometime later today. But because we’re hyperactive fucks who can’t wait and we never pass up the opportunity to speculate wildly on who juices and dopes, here’s the guys who haven’t been officially cleared yet: On the Affliction side, this leaves only Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Antonio Nogueira, and Edwin Dewees.  I can only imagine what will happen if it’s Fedor, but we do know Tim has been popped for it before. On the Pro ...

Dewees, Silva Pop Positive in California
Published 8/21/2008 by bfowlkes at Cage Potato - MMA News, Knockout Videos, and the Hottest Ring Girls
... Both fighters have been suspended for a year and fined $2,500. As the MMA world shakes its collective head at them and simultaneously breathes a sigh of relief that it wasn’t Fedor, we await the totally lame excuses/explanations that are sure to follow. ...