- Chael Sonnen plans to fight his recent drug test results until the last minute. The fighter told FOX Sports 1 during an interview that he did nothing wrong or against the rules, and should be allowed to compete at UFC 175 against Vitor Belfort. Sonnen was removed from the fight after a drug test revealed two banned substances.
"Yes, it is on the banned list. But you have to understand, that's for competition. If this was game day, I would not be making any of these statements I'm making to you right now. On game day, you have to come in right. But out of competition, an athlete cannot take an anabolic, he cannot take a performance-enhancer and he cannot take a steroid," Sonnen said. "The former executive director has many quotes out there that I will bring in to the Commission when I appeal this thing, stating that there is a significant difference between game day and the other 364 days of the year."
When asked if he would appeal the suspension, Sonnen simply stated, "Absolutely." In 2010, he was suspended by the California Athletic Commission for not disclosing his use of TRT. The exemption has since been banned by the UFC and NAC.
"I had to take these drugs because they banned testosterone. So to be in compliance, you have to stop with testosterone. Now there's a transition phase, to come off of testosterone healthily. I have a legitimate medical need for testosterone. I was not an abuser. I was a user of testosterone. So when you come off of this and you have a medical need, you must transition," he said. "What you'll take is Clomiphene and HCG. I took Clomiphene and HCG. This also serves as a fertility drug. That was an accident. I was having fertility issues. That's not part of my life that I wanted to share with anybody else. And we had success. I took these substances. They're not illegal and not performance enhancing."
Read more at http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2014/0611/576913/chael-sonnen-on-if-hell-appeal-failed-drug-test/#s5fziRXL3glKzzlB.99
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