Chael Sonnen's day has finally arrived. He became a national laughingstock when it was revealed that he had tested positive for unusually high levels of testosterone after his UFC 117 loss to Anderson Silva. This was the same Sonnen who had gone on a bizarre rant before his fight about how Lance Armstrong, using performance enhancing drugs, had cheated and gave himself cancer.
Sonnen was due to appear this morning in front of the California State Athletic Commission along with his lawyer Howard Jacobs. The hearing has now been pushed back to 1 p.m. PT and a decision may not come at all today. You can watch the proceedings below.
Mike Chiappetta from Fanhouse got a hold of 100-plus pages of info on the Sonnen case.
According to the documents, on Aug. 6 -- the day of his drug test -- Sonnen admitted to event supervisor Frank Munoz that he had taken testosterone as recently as the day before. In fact, Sonnen listed the substance on a section of the urine sample form in which the party to be tested is asked to divulge any medications or substances he has taken in recent days, including vitamins or minerals. On the forms, the 33-year-old Sonnen listed "1 shot" of testosterone, which he stated he took on Aug. 5, just two days before his title match with Silva.
According to CSAC time lines, Sonnen's urine sample was sent to the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory, received on Aug. 10 and testing procedures began on Aug. 13.
On Sept. 2, the lab informed the CSAC that Sonnen's testosterone to epitestosterone ratio (T/E) tested at 16.9. Though testosterone is naturally occurring in the human body, that number is well above the T/E threshold ratio of 4.0. A follow-up carbon isotope analysis was conducted on Sept. 7, with the finding that the test results were consistent with the administration of a steroid. The lab subsequently sent the CSAC 66 pages of documentation with the intent of scientifically supporting their findings, establishing chain of custody of the specimen and proving the sample's integrity was maintained throughout the process.
This is only some of the documentation and very little from Sonnen's side.
Watch Kalib Run says Sonnen's suspension should be upheld. Yahoo! Sports' lead MMA writer Kevin Iole isn't ready to throw the book at Sonnen.
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