Wand: I tested myself, I’m clean, ready to fight in 2 months

Back in May Wanderlei Silva refused a Performance Enhancing Drug test administered by the Nevada Athletic Commission. It is widely believed that the NSAC will regard refusal as a failed test, and will suspend “The Axe Murderer” for a year.

However, in an interview with Tatame, Wand said he had tested himself, and would be ready to fight within two months.

“Life is great. I’m training well,” said Silva as translated by Guilherme Cruz for MMAFighting. “I did a test on my own in Brazil, on June 6, to see if the corticoid and the diuretic were already out of my body. I also tested my testosterone levels. At my age, the level is 180, and I’m at 160. I’m totally clean and cleared to fight as soon as possible. I’m just waiting for the UFC to tell me a date and local. In two months, I will be ready to fight.”

“I would like to fight Rockhold. He’s a good guy. He’s coming off wins and is the former Strikeforce champion. I think this could get me in line for the title. It would be perfect to fight him at Maracanazinho. I watched the UFC 142 card from the stands and saw the fans supporting Jose Aldo when he knocked out Chad Mendes. It would be a dream coming true to fight in Rio.”

“(Chael Sonnen) retired because he would be out for a year, but I still think he will be back,” he said. “It was not real. When (his suspension) is over, he will be back and we will fight.”

“Another thing that upsets me is that I saw some headlines saying ‘Wanderlei refuses to do the test, Sonnen is clean.’ I saw this on the internet. Who said he was clean? He was taking it all and then some.”

Rockhold responded, via Twitter.

“So let me get this straight,” he tweeted. “Wand ran from test in states. Is now testing himself. Says he’s clean and wants to fight me in Brazil?”

While keeping a positive mindset is an invaluable quality in mixed martial arts, there is an unfortunate air of unreality around a number of Silva’s recent public statements, including this one.