Inconsistency in anti-doping results could exonerate Anderson Silva, says website

A. Silva (photo) should only be tried in August. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC

After almost six months of much speculation, little information and several postponements of the disciplinary hearing at the Nevada Athletic Commission, the doping case of Anderson Silva, caught in two exams before and after the fight against Nick Diaz at UFC 183, there could be a big turnaround and Spider could even end up acquitted.

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At least that's what the North American website “BJPenn”, owned by the former Hawaiian Ultimate champion, guarantees. According to the publication, which was based on the testimony of MMA and bodybuilding journalist Larry Pepe, one of the exams in which Anderson was caught had a second sample, taken at the same time as the original, sent to another laboratory and the result was negative. Given this, Spider's defense would allege inconsistency in the results to ask for a reduction in the athlete's sentence or, who knows, even his acquittal.

“A source informed me that there is a conflict in the results of the exam carried out on the day of the fight. The test carried out by the SMRTL laboratory (Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory) was positive, but the Quest Laboratory carried out an examination on a sample collected on the same night and Anderson tested negative. The SMRTL B sample is being tested, but the results have not yet been released. Anyway, I believe the team Anderson Silva will use the inconsistency of the results from the two laboratories to disqualify SMRTL's positive test, in addition to citing another test in which he tested negative on January 19, at the hearing before the Athletic Commission, alleging that the results are not reliable or, alternatively, that his sentence be reduced,” said Larry.

SMRTL is a laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and has been involved in other controversies with different test results with Quest Laboratory. The most recent case was that of Nick Diaz, also targeting UFC 183, which saw its same sample test both positive, on Quest, and negative, on SMRTL, for marijuana. Furthermore, the Quest Laboratory was one of the pivots of the controversy involving the veteran Cung le, caught in anti-doping and suspended for 12 months, but clearing shortly afterwards due to problems in executing the tests.

Despite the so-called “inconsistency in the results” of the post-fight examination of Anderson Silva, this was not the only test in which the Brazilian was caught. On January 9, about three weeks before UFC 183, Anderson underwent a surprise exam and tested positive for anabolic steroids. The results, however, took a long time to be released, and the case only became public in the days following Spider's victory over Nick Diaz.

Currently, Anderson Silva is temporarily suspended by the Nevada Athletic Commission, after being caught twice in anti-doping tests for the use of anabolic steroids and anxiolytics, before and after UFC 183. Recently, the Spider requested a further postponement of the disciplinary hearing which will define his future, and now he must face trial only in August.

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