ANDERSON SILVA, ONE of the most celebrated names in the UFC, has been suspended following an out of competition doping test.
The UFC announced on Friday night that there was a potential violation in the test conducted by the US Anti-Doping Agency last month and that the Brazilian has been provisionally suspended.
Silva, 42, was due to return to the Octagon on 25 November in Shanghai to headline the organisation’s first-ever Chinese card against Kelvin Gastelum.
“Due to the proximity of Silva’s upcoming scheduled bout…, Silva has been removed from the card and UFC is currently seeking a replacement,” the organisation said in a brief statement.
It added: ”Under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, there is a full and fair legal process that is afforded to all athletes before any sanctions are imposed.”
Silva previously held the record for most consecutive UFC title defences – 10 – which was broken by Demetrious ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson in October, and has widely been hailed as the greatest mixed martial artist of all time.
However his legacy has been tarnished by a one-year doping suspension which he served after testing positive for drostanolone and androsterone in 2015, which Silva blamed on a ‘sexual enhancement supplement’.
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Don’t think I’ve ever seen an Irish team physically bully a welsh team like this , winning every collision
@Owen ODonoghue: Ooops
@Ray Ridge: Did you unload in your adult diaper Ray?
@Owen ODonoghue: you think he’s graduated to adult diapers?
First time I’ve seen a player penalised for counter rucking against a player clearly within the ruck. Weird call
The band sounded like they wanted to get through Amhrán na bhFiann as quickly as possible
@Gregory C Donoghue: sour orange b@$t@rd
@Gregory C Donoghue: Miserable person.
Ref trying to make a game of it
Best National Anthem in the World Greg…always proud to hear it !!
@Jb Walshe: lol. What’s this based on?
It’s not up to the officials to try and level things up. Touch judge saw something that no one else on the ground saw. Ref kept his cards in his pocket for 8 straight Welsh penalties. Having said that Ireland have been frustrating against a truly awful Welsh side
@Darragh Freir: Before Ireland’s disallowed try there was an advantage for a no arms tackle. Should that not have been looked at?
@tony baloney and Ray ridge talking pure s#!te about Frawley.
Well done Ireland
Why am I so nervous? Probably cause a loss to Wales hurts the most.
@David Flynn: ….oh no!!…to England is unconscionable….and particularly playing Stone Age rugby with slabs of beef…….at least Wales are trying to rebuild and in very difficult circumstances at that!!
@Michael Murray: yeah that’s fair
Fair play to wales,a team that is rebuilding,a good nation of people and a proud rugby nation. They came here to play as they always do,defended like dogs and kept us out a few times for sure but realistically and respectfully they were never going to win today in Dublin.
Wales defended very well in the first half,disrupted us and stopped 2 certain tries from us…
This is dreadful. Mccarthy penalty machine for the opposition. Not good not good at all.
@Ray Ridge: oh look me everybody. I’m so controversial because I’ve such a sad life.
Ridgey wants us to have flawless displays week in week out scoring 60 points in each game with zero errors.
@Ray Ridge: sausage.
@Kevin Dillon: he definitely does not want Ireland to have flawless displays… he doesn’t support Ireland
Wales defending well to be fair but starting to creak at the seams now so the floodgates will burst open soon enough
Shocking opening 15 minutes from Ireland. All the ball and going nowhere. Can’t even get a maul over from 5 metres out.
@Gregory C Donoghue: ray ridge and that Dave moran lad are complete *ankers
@Ray Ridge: sausage !
@Ray Ridge: do you wake the morning of a match and wet yourself with excitement that your going to put your so called team down. Counting the days we’re you? You’re nothing but a fool.
Pack going forward at the scrum but we can only get lineout ball at the front and can’t maul properly. Ryan may be on early in the second half if Beirne can’t sort that out soon
@James K: yea right. Ryan will make a difference compared to the far far superior player
Ciaran Frawley is average at absolute best
@mWhSNsK2: Don’t think he’s too bad.
@mWhSNsK2: Forget about Frawley. One of the most overrated players in the history of Irish rugby. The best full back on the pitch is winnet
@mWhSNsK2: if you hurry Andy farrell is still in the avivia, you should let him know. Surely there’s someone from your province that’s better
@chris mcdonnell: is Frawley related to you because you’re straight in to defend whether the critiscm is justified or not. Personally I thought he had a fine match. It was a strange match with very few line breaks with the cuteness of Ringrose badly missed in the middle of the park.
@Ray Ridge: sausage
@mark sheehan: no he’s not, but this criticism was purely provincial BS.
@chris mcdonnell: you’re making the assumption that the poster isn’t a Leinster supporter.
@mark sheehan: I am making the assumption that the poster isn’t an irish supporter
@mark sheehan: agree what all you’ve said. I forgot that Leinster players are beyond criticism on this. Frawley was in the way more than anything. While I’m at it, looks like James Ryan hasn’t responded well to being dropped
@mWhSNsK2: Ah… you have revealed your colours… and they are far from green. Have a talk with yourself.
Ireland by 40
@Gary Galligan: Ooops
@Ray Ridge: Sausage!!
That was an embarrassing half from Wales. Impotent.
A few good players on the Welsh team that will cause a few problems and a bit of resistance but Ireland all the way for this game ! Hon Ireland
Lineouts are a complete and utter shambles now.
@Ray Ridge: a bit like your posts.
@Ray Ridge: sausage
Andrew Martin shitpants Farrell … it’s the greatest national anthem in the world and I hope it deafens you every time you hear it…. I love it more every time I hear it….up our national anthem ! Hon Ireland
If we got two injuries or HIA to our backs today very thin looking on the bench, 6/2 split for Wales not really necessary I think anyway..
Beirne again, a liability at the set piece all season. He kept Wales in the game in the first half with his very poor lineout work and now gifts them a penalty try.
@James K: because Henderson is injured.. and Farrell probably knows more about rugby than you and me
@James K: He did okay overall.
@James K: are you actually saying a guy highly revered by more respected commentators than you or me is a liabilty to Ireland – really ??
@James K: Wales had a massive advantage in that maul because they managed to illegaly squeeze 2 players in front of the ball carrier before he got to ground. Impossible to defend against and bound to result in pen try + yellow for someone.
Woeful game. Worst iv seen ina long time
Farrell’s refusal to include a lock that can run a lineout or maul is killing us now. Ryan can’t get on to stop the dog quickly enough
@James K: Any opinion on Ryans impact when he was introduced? Cant point to anything other than the yellow card.