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sparkuri

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What the hell is with this guy?
How many events does he need to screw up?
If he were a member here he'd have been banned 5 years & 2 months ago.
 

Hong Kong Phooey

Spreading The Coronavirus one Corona at a Time
Feb 12, 2015
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What the hell is with this guy?
How many events does he need to screw up?
If he were a member here he'd have been banned 5 years & 2 months ago.
BREAKING
Josh Barnett fails drug test, removed from Bellator 241
Former UFC heavyweight champ Josh Barnett has been removed from Bellator 241 after an issue with his pre-fight drug test.

The nature of Barnett’s drug test issue is not yet known. But he will not be competing on the March 13 card, where he was scheduled to face Ronny Markes, a source with knowledge of Barnett’s removal told MMA Fighting after the news was originally reported by Twitter user Fight Oracle.

Barnett’s manager Leland Labarre was unaware of any positive test when contacted by MMA Fighting.

Bellator 241 is set for the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., and is regulated by the Mohegan Tribe Department Of Athletic Regulation. The commission’s executive director, Michael Mazzulli, regularly conducts out-of-competition drug testing of athletes. Mazzulli did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Barnett’s fight with Markes was rescheduled from Bellator 235 when the ex-champ fell ill on the day of the event, scrapping his promotional debut.

The UFC, PRIDE and Strikeforce veteran has repeatedly run afoul of anti-doping authorities over the course of his decade-plus career. His signing with Bellator and return to active competition came after an extended layoff due to a failed drug test under the UFC banner. The positive was later traced to a tainted supplement, and Barnett, who denied any wrongdoing, became the first fighter in the promotion’s history to receive a verbal warning for an alleged infraction.

Part of Barnett’s layoff was attributed to whether or not to consider a 2009 drug positive. The UFC’s drug testing administrator, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), initially wanted to factor in a test failure that canceled Barnett’s scheduled fight in Affliction, which folded after the bout was scrapped. Barnett fought to reinstate his fight license and eventually was cleared by the California State Athletic Commission after agreeing to undergo enhanced drug testing.

Barnett’s first anti-doping issue stretches back to UFC 36, where he took the UFC heavyweight belt from Randy Couture. He was stripped of the belt after testing positive for a steroid, though he also denied wrongdoing in that case.
Josh Barnett fails drug test, removed from Bellator 241
 

Jehannum

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poor guy is a steroid magnet (I cannot remember the medical term for it)
 

MMAHAWK

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Imagine thinking that MMAFIGHTING.com would actually know real mma history. Josh was first flagged after beating Bobby Hoffman at UFC 34. He was given a warning by the NSAC and a title shot by the UFC for 36.
 

Rambo John J

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Imagine thinking that MMAFIGHTING.com would actually know real mma history. Josh was first flagged after beating Bobby Hoffman at UFC 34. He was given a warning by the NSAC and a title shot by the UFC for 36.
Interesting...a warning

I also don't think the natural was completely natural...not that I didn't want to be him, Randy kicking ass as an old man I part of what got me training. I was like "this guy is 12 years older than me and kicking the asses", I can do this
 

MMAHAWK

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Interesting...a warning

I also don't think the natural was completely natural...not that I didn't want to be him, Randy kicking ass as an old man I part of what got me training. I was like "this guy is 12 years older than me and kicking the asses", I can do this
Yeah I never would have thought that I’d be the one with the cleaner system at UFC 34. Not that I was passing any tests either tho lol. I’ve told this story before but a couple weeks prior to this fight Hoffman charged across the cage at another event basically threatening to kill me and a group of friends. My trainer Mark was fighting one of this guys and he didn’t like out support. I was hammered at UFC 34 and after Barnett beat his ass I tracked him down for the picture and told him the story.


 

Rambo John J

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Yeah I never would have thought that I’d be the one with the cleaner system at UFC 34. Not that I was passing any tests either tho lol. I’ve told this story before but a couple weeks prior to this fight Hoffman charged across the cage at another event basically threatening to kill me and a group of friends. My trainer Mark was fighting one of this guys and he didn’t like out support. I was hammered at UFC 34 and after Barnett beat his ass I tracked him down for the picture and told him the story.


great pic of you dudes

I like Josh even if he has been juicing like a madman...Sport was built on it

I will hold the affliction grudge forever, but it is what it is.

Josh is a funny dude with great stories, quite entertaining and intelligent.
 

Jehannum

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Yeah I never would have thought that I’d be the one with the cleaner system at UFC 34. Not that I was passing any tests either tho lol. I’ve told this story before but a couple weeks prior to this fight Hoffman charged across the cage at another event basically threatening to kill me and a group of friends. My trainer Mark was fighting one of this guys and he didn’t like out support. I was hammered at UFC 34 and after Barnett beat his ass I tracked him down for the picture and told him the story.
did your hair ever grow back btw?
 

jason73

Yuri Bezmenov was right
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Matt mitrione will be stepping in to fight ronny markes in place of barnett