Josh Barnett flagged by USADA for potential violation

[nuraknu]

"The UFC organization was formally notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Josh Barnett of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collection on December 9, 2016.

"USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case. It is important to note that, under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, there is a full fair legal review process that is afforded to all athletes before any sanctions are imposed.

"Consistent with all previous potential anti-doping violations, additional information or UFC statements will be provided at the appropriate time as the process moves forward."

UFC Statement on Josh Barnett - Ultimate Fighting Championship-Mobile

 

[nuraknu]

It's a lot. I'm wondering if UFC fighters should have some kind of support group with other kinds of USADA athletes. No need to reinvent the wheel.

Like weight watchers or something.

 

[Yossarian]

It's safe tp say, USADA does not prevent PED use.

 

[Wild]

Cut him and let him go fight in RIZIN. Dude only has 2-3 years left in his career anyway...let him go earn while he can.

 

[Onetrickpony]

Is this the third or fourth documented time he's been caught using peds?

 

[MMAHAWK]

Is this the third or fourth documented time he's been caught using peds?

UFC 34 not suspended
UFC 36 suspended
Affliction trilogy suspended
Today

 

[Onetrickpony]

UFC 34 not suspended
UFC 36 suspended
Affliction trilogy suspended
Today

Thanks. So it was is four. I thought so but I couldn't remember and was too lazy to check.

 

[MMAHAWK]

Thanks. So it was is four. I thought so but I couldn't remember and was too lazy to check.

Easier for me
Attended 34,36 and had tickets for Affliction

 

[KWingJitsu]

Not surprised, mothafuckas.

Still amazing to me how much love he gets for being such a prolific juicehead....

 

[Onetrickpony]

Easier for me
Attended 34,36 and had tickets for Affliction

Fuck, that affliction show must have been like a kick in the nuts. You get a refund?

 

[MMAHAWK]

Fuck, that affliction show must have been like a kick in the nuts. You get a refund?

One of the worst days in the sports history.That Card would have been absolutely amazing.

Yes ticketmaster issued a refund and
I still have 7 unused tickets

 

[EyeAmYuki]

He just strikes me as someone you tries to go it alone. Others work with endocrinologists or doctors or whatever.

 

[sparkuri]

One of the worst days in the sports history.That Card would have been absolutely amazing.

Yes ticketmaster issued a refund and
I still have 7 unused tickets

It is THE first card that has and always will come to mind when that question arises.
I know where I was, what I was wearing when the news broke.

 

[kneeblock]

Josh had given such lengthy and spirited defenses of his PED violations. He rage quit the UG after some people brought it up and I remember them having him on a segment of Inside MMA after a high profile fighter had been busted. He gets into these obfuscated discussions of sample contamination and has maintained TO THIS DAY that he never did what he was accused of in each of those circumstances. Now this.

He's either the unluckiest guy on earth, a victim of a vast international drug testing conspiracy or a pathological liar.

 

[Robbie Hart]

It is THE first card that has and always will come to mind when that question arises.
I know where I was, what I was wearing when the news broke.

Where were you and what were you wearing?

 

[Lukewarm Carl]

Josh had given such lengthy and spirited defenses of his PED violations. He rage quit the UG after some people brought it up and I remember them having him on a segment of Inside MMA after a high profile fighter had been busted. He gets into these obfuscated discussions of sample contamination and has maintained TO THIS DAY that he never did what he was accused of in each of those circumstances. Now this.

He's either the unluckiest guy on earth, a victim of a vast international drug testing conspiracy or a pathological liar.

And that's exactly why his failures piss me off more than most and I tend to cheer for his opponents.

 

[sparkuri]

Where were you and what were you wearing?

At least take me to dinner first.

 

[Porkchop]

Dick pills

 

[Jonny Quest]

I love the warmaster, but this guy just doesnt learn. wtf

 

[teamquestnorth]

You guys want to know why Josh Barnett has popped 4 times now?

The reason is simple.

Josh is, as is the case with the majority of heavy metal fans, not the brightest bulb when it comes to intelligence.

He probably just administers his own roids without any advice or help with understanding how to taper off or cycle.

I mean, Josh failed a fucking steroid test way back in like 2001 when you had a 6 month warning and all you had to take was a courtesy post fight piss test.

Dude deserves a spot in the UFC Hall of Fame just for managing to achieve that.

Now with USADA in the picture?

Im surprised it took this long for him to pop.

 

[1372]

Where were you and what were you wearing?

He was at your momma's house wearing nothing At all... Nothing at all...Nothing at all...

 

[Ted Williams' head]

not surprised motherfuckers

 

[KWingJitsu]

One of the worst days in the sports history.That Card would have been absolutely amazing.

Yes ticketmaster issued a refund and
I still have 7 unused tickets

I was supposed to go too...
I went to the previous two, and how satisfying it was to see Fedor flat lining peeps, knowing he was going to do it to Barnett.