Silva will admit to use of drostanolone but not to doping

Brazil’s Esport is reporting that former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva will admit to taking the banned steroid drostanolone, but for the purposes of recovering from a broken leg, and not for the purposes of athletic performance enhancement. Further, Silva is hoping for a suspension of six or perhaps nine months, rather than the year that many are expecting.

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Anderson will admit that used anabolic. But not to dope

His team has been working hard in defense and we can say, first hand, as is currently Brazil’s reasoning strategy to at least minimize the penalties that must suffer after being caught twice with prohibited substances before and after beating Nick Diaz on January 31.

Anderson will deny he tried to cheat to beat the American. However, he will admit he made use of the anabolic steroid drostanolone during recovery from the severe fracture suffered against Chris Weidman at the end of 2013.

The Brazilian will argue that the anabolic used as a remedy to recover the injured site. Besides the famous boost in athletic performance function, drostanolone can also be used to strengthen the muscles. At the beginning of recovery, fearing that he could never have a normal or even stay without walking, he used the anabolic with this second order.

It is unclear whether Anderson was fully aware of what was he was taking from the beginning, from the first doses of drostanolone, but at some point he became aware that he was using a banned substance in world sport. Mitigation at the time was that he thought the drug would come out completely from your body to him having a scheduled fight or start preparing for it.

What Silva and his lawyers will try to make clear at all times, is he even made use of drostanolone, but never with the intention to dope or take advantage over your opponent. For this, will also use the argument that the amount of the substance found in his system was very small, which would not give to increase their performance against Nick Diaz.

It also has an explanation for having found anxiolytics the examination made on the day of the fight. In November last year, Anderson had severe back pain and ended up in the hospital for muscle spasms account on site. Has been prescribed for him the benzodiazepine diazepam worldwide sold as Valium, that in addition to its calming effects, is also a muscle relaxant. And was nominated him to return to suffer the same problem, could take the drug again, what happened on the eve of the fight. Were detected in the urine Anderson substances and oxazepam temazepam, benzodiazepines having the same effect as Valium.

Again, he will claim that did not use the bad faith of medication and not lied to the committee deliberately not disclosing that did (or do) use of benzodiazepines. He simply repeated the medical advice given to him last year.

All this argument must rid Anderson Silva being found guilty by striking with doping nor his defense believes it will make it be found innocent, but the main idea is to mitigate its possible penalty, which can be a hook up to one year, plus a hefty fine. He will try that the suspension is six to nine months, and a lighter value for the fine.

More than that, this repentance speech and take what you did will be the beginning of the work to rebuild his image, and try to prevent the escape of old and new sponsors. From there will be a real crisis management, which has not happened so far from striking. Thus, it sets the stage to fight again. Yes, it will return to fight and want to do it as quickly as possible.

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