Frank Mir and Ben Rothwell Receive TRT Clearance for UFC 164

Frank mir received permission for TRT again. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC

The Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services, the athletic commission that will regulate UFC 164, has issued clearance for testosterone replacement treatment for two UFC fighters. card. One of them, Frank mir, I already did the TRT previously. The other, Ben Rothwell, asked permission for the first time.

Mir had already requested permission for UFC 146, when he was defeated by Junior Gypsy. There is no information whether the fighter repeated the request at UFC On FOX 7, in the defeat to Daniel Cormier.

The North American website MMAjunkie contacted Mir and Rothwell's opponents at UFC 164. Josh Barnett, who will face the former, could not be reached, but his manager commented that “Barnett has not requested and will not request any type of permission” . Brandon Vera, who will face Rothwell, was short: “That won't help him.”

UFC 164 will be held on August 31, in Milwaukee, in the US state of Wisconsin. The event will be headlined by a rematch between the lightweight champion Ben henderson and the challenger Anthony Pettis.

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