Chael Sonnen Fails Drug Test in UFC 117 Loss to Anderson Silva

Chael Sonnen Fails Drug Test in UFC 117 Loss to Anderson Silva

Chael Sonnen Fails Drug Test in UFC 117 Loss to Anderson Silva

Chael Sonnen Fails Drug Test in UFC 117 Loss to Anderson Silva
Chael Sonnen has failed his post-fight drug test following his UFC 117 loss to middleweight champion Anderson Silva, testing positive for an undisclosed performance enhancing drug after the Aug. 7 event in Oakland.

Chael Sonnen has failed his post-fight drug test following his UFC 117 loss to middleweight champion Anderson Silva, testing positive for an undisclosed performance enhancing drug after the Aug. 7 event in Oakland, California, the California State Athletic Commission has confirmed to Sherdog.

If upheld, Sonnen will face up to a one-year suspension that will likely scrap his immediate rematch with Silva, which had been slated for January or February.

“If it’s true, I feel really bad for him,” Silva’s manager Ed Soares told Sherdog. “I know he did it to himself but it is really sad, he put on such a great performance ...


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