This just in - the Jig is up

Alistair Overeem (36-11 MMA, 1-0 UFC) us unlikely to fight champion Junior Dos Santos (14-1 MMA, 8-0 UFC) for the UFC heavyweight title this summer at UFC 146.

Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) the No. 1 heavyweight contender failed a pre-fight drug test conducted this past Tuesday following a press conference for UFC 146.

Overeem's "A" sample was flagged for an elevated T/E ratio that exeeded 10-to-1, well over the 6-to-1 limit. Kizer said the heavyweight has the right to request the test's "B" sample, which, if negative, would make him eligible to receive a fight license.

The former Strikeforce champion was among six top-billed fighters who were tested for the all-heavyweight pay-per-view event, which takes place May 26 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. All were tested for diuretics, masking agents, anabolic steroids and T/E ratios in addition to drugs of abuse.

Dos Santos, Frank Mir, Cain Velasquez, Roy Nelson and Antonio Silva all passed their tests.

It's not the first time Overeem has run afoul of the NSAC. He was granted a conditional license to fight Brock Lesnar at UFC 141 after missing a pre-fight drug test ordered by the commission, which reinstated out-of-competition testing this past July.

Answering to the commission via telephone during an NSAC hearing held three weeks prior to UFC 141, Overeem said he missed the test because he had flown back to his native Holland to care for his ailing mother and wasn't made aware of the obligation. When he got word, he submitted an invalid blood test conducted by his personal doctor and then submitted urine that wasn't tested.

The NSAC gave him a license on the condition that he submit to a drug test conducted by an accredited laboratory, which he did two days later (and subsequently passed), as well as pass a drug test upon arriving in the U.S. for the Lesnar fight and submit to two random tests.

This past Tuesday's test served as one of those random tests, which also followed a fight-night test at UFC 141.

Because Overeem's conditional license expired on Dec. 31, the NSAC will not receive a disciplinary complaint against him as it does for licensed athletes. Instead, he will need to appear before the commission should he choose to apply for a license, which notably, hadn't been filed for UFC 146.

With one half of May 26's event on the shelf, the UFC may give one of the main-card heavyweights an impromptu title shot.

Misowaman wrote:
Wait, what's that?
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Is that the sound of.... IT IS! IT'S THE FEDORCOPTER

Misowaman wrote:I just want to say, Vadim Finkelstein > Everyone.

"What's so interesting about him? His physique? He's a steroid bull. He doesn't even have any achievements. He's not worthy of Fedor, I believe. And noone even knows when he can fight in the USA. They are very strict with doping control over there, and I doubt Overeem can pass the test. He does not compete in America for two years already, seems like he still cannot clean the chemistry out of his system."

- Vadim Finkelstein circa 2010

Misowaman wrote:I just want to say, Vadim Finkelstein > Everyone.

"What's so interesting about him? His physique? He's a steroid bull. He doesn't even have any achievements. He's not worthy of Fedor, I believe. And noone even knows when he can fight in the USA. They are very strict with doping control over there, and I doubt Overeem can pass the test. He does not compete in America for two years already, seems like he still cannot clean the chemistry out of his system."

- Vadim Finkelstein circa 2010

Kinosis wrote:Even on sherdog a bunch of Vadim/M-1 threads got bumped and everyone who was bashing them had to eat crow on this one. Vadim wins again.

“I am beyond pissed about this,” White stated when speaking on the call as first reported by theStarPhoenix.com. “The worst part is that he sat in front of us and lied to us.”

“How (expletive) stupid do you have to be? Seriously dumb. Anybody who’s using right now is an absolute (expletive) moron,”

“It’s beyond, what’s the word I’m looking for, it’s beyond belief. It’s beyond comprehension. You’re an absolute moron, a brain dead absolute (expletive) dummy. It goes beyond a guy have any common sense whatsoever.”

“I don’t have a plan-B,”

“It doesn’t look good, does it? It doesn’t look good,”