USADA suspends B.J. Penn six months

[Wild]

B.J. Penn can resume his comeback this year.

USADA suspended Penn six months for IV usage Monday, the UFC's third-party anti-doping partner announced. Penn informed USADA that he had used an IV out of competition on March 25. His suspension will be retroactive to that date and Penn will be able to return to the Octagon beginning Sept. 25.

The USADA release said the IV infusion Penn received was greater than 50 mL within a six-hour period, according to the findings of an investigation. A volume that large over that that amount of time is prohibited by the UFC's anti-doping policy, unless the fighter needs an IV during hospital admission, surgery or clinical investigations. In all other cases, a fighter would need a therapeutic use exemption (TUE).

The substance Penn took via the IV was not prohibited by the UFC's anti-doping policy, the release said.

LINK: USADA suspends B.J. Penn six months for IV use

 

[HEATH VON DOOM]

I wonder how many USADA people GSP had to call in favors with to get BJ banned after his challenge.

 

[member 3289]

More time to get motivated...

 

[Robbie Hart]

Now has to wear "could have done something illegal but i used an IV and decided to say something after they came to test me" sign

 

[Wild]

It's somebody's ass in October. That's all that I know.

 

[HEATH VON DOOM]

It's somebody's ass in October. That's all that I know.

Hope they give him a real test and not the Cole Millers or that German dude that always loses. He should get top 3 at least, if not a immediate title shot

 

[SongExotic2]

I heard he was taking meercat pheromones


Just what i had from my source

 

[SongExotic2]

Possibly some of bigfoots titty milk too, i just made that one up but we cant rule it out at this point

 

[Silverball]

Hope they give him a real test and not the Cole Millers or that German dude that always loses. He should get top 3 at least, if not a immediate title shot

Why do you think he should get a top 3 after not having won a fight in 6 years? I still think the tune up fight idea is a good one, but I'd be interested to read your take. Also, 6 months is a long time for a guy in his late thirties who just spent the last 6 months plus training for his comeback.

 

[Robbie Hart]

A fucking who's who of posters in support of bj on this thread

 

[BJJMMA]

@Wild is saying I despise the USADA and wish they would go away against the terms of service?

 

[wiz]

if bj stays at jackson throughout this time, this might be the best thing that could have happened to him

 

[Wild]

@Wild is saying I despise the USADA and wish they would go away against the terms of service?

Wild is saying he just wants to see BJ scrap!

 

[BJJMMA]

Wild is saying he just wants to see BJ scrap!

In that case. I despise the USADA.

 

[HEATH VON DOOM]

Why do you think he should get a top 3 after not having won a fight in 6 years? I still think the tune up fight idea is a good one, but I'd be interested to read your take. Also, 6 months is a long time for a guy in his late thirties who just spent the last 6 months plus training for his comeback.

Fighter bashing is not allowed just so you know.

 

[HEATH VON DOOM]

A fucking who's who of posters in support of bj on this thread

Reported. You of all people should know better. I am dissappointed. Now say you are sorry before i get your daddy @Mieshas Taint to spank that ass.

 

[1372]

Reported. You of all people should know better. I am dissappointed. Now say you are sorry before i get your daddy @Mieshas Taint to spank that ass.

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[Silverball]

Fighter bashing is not allowed just so you know.

 

[teamquestnorth]

@Wild is saying I despise the USADA and wish they would go away against the terms of service?

No I say that daily

 

[teamquestnorth]

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A young @Psychotropic Wanderlust right there

 

[jason73]

50ml is fuck all.its an ounce and a half

 

[Psychotropic Wanderlust]

A young @Psychotropic Wanderlust right there

exactly dude, at 12 I was pulling better trim than you do at 30.

 

[teamquestnorth]

exactly dude, at 12 I was pulling better trim than you do at 30.

Girls have been telling you to stop your entire life.

 

[Wild]

50ml is fuck all.its an ounce and a half

Is that amount enough to mask PEDS? I have no idea.

 

[bully4me]

Is that amount enough to mask PEDS? I have no idea.

It could have been any amount OVER 50ml the way I read it. The USADA states "..prohibited use of an IV in excess of 50 ML in a six-hour period", meaning BJ could of been using up to four litres in a six hour period ( four litres would be the max used during that duration).

Nobody has come out and said the amount in his system. Has BJ or anyone ever given an explanation of WHY he was using the IV in the first place?