Is Silva’s positive test a game changer?
Damon Marting: “In the wake of Anderson Silva’s positive test, the former middleweight champion is claiming innocence and deep down, don’t we all hope he’s right?”
The MMA world was shocked when it was announced the former middleweight champion and one of the greatest ever tested positive for an anabolic steroid prior to his UFC 183 fight with Nick Diaz. How will it affect MMA as a sport? FoxSports’ Damon Martin argues that it’s a ‘game changer’:
In the wake of Anderson Silva’s positive test, the former middleweight champion is claiming innocence and deep down, don’t we all hope he’s right? Maybe there was a tainted sample at the lab? Maybe they mixed up the results? Maybe, just maybe, Silva is the exception to the rule.
Except he probably isn’t.
If Silva’s failed test holds up, it only proves that even the fighters held in the highest regard with the most sterling reputations aren’t above trying to find an advantage before a fight.