Kizer: NSAC may take drug testing further in light of Silva situation
Shortly after the discovery of an allegedly bogus urine sample submitted by UFC 125 competitor Thiago Silva, NSAC Executive Director…
Shortly after the discovery of an allegedly bogus urine sample submitted by UFC 125 competitor Thiago Silva, NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer informed his commission inspectors that they might have to, well, take a closer look in the locker room.
If allegations against Silva prove true, Kizer said, the adjustments made following the NSAC’s first case of sample tampering – which came in 2006 – may need to be revised again.
“I we think might have to take it a step further,” he today told MMAjunkie.com.
But if Silva is proven to have provided a fake urine sample, Kizer thinks current measures might prove insufficient in catching future offenders. That’s to say nothing of a fighter providing urine from another athlete, which may not raise any flags in a laboratory.
“We might get fooled,” the executive director said. “So we’ve got to be very vigilant on that. I can’t say that has or hasn’t happened, unfortunately.”
So, things might be getting a little bit more awkward in the fight-night dressing room.
“It might be a situation where inspectors have to go really close and look,” Kizer said.
