All five fighters tested for performance enhancing drugs following UFC 131 have tested clean to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s international standard according to the Vancouver Athletic Commission, although strangely one man who has been accused of wrong doing in the past was selected but never tested. The quintet of main event star, Junior dos Santos and the supporting cast of Donald Cerrone, Dave Herman, Nick Ring and Krzysztof Soszynski were selected and tested clean. The other half of the main event, Shane Carwin was selected but never tested with the commission making this statement to MMAJunkie.com as to why.
“Samples were taken as soon as practicable following each athlete’s respective contest at the event. All ‘A’ samples were subsequently tested for prohibited substances and prohibited methods in compliance with WADA’s International Standard for Laboratories.”
“Despite Mr. Carwin’s willingness to complete the sample collection process, the VAC unilaterally exercised its discretion to rescind its selection of Mr. Carwin for anti-doping testing shortly following his bout at the event. In making such a determination, in its absolute discretion, the VAC seeks to balance the guiding values of ‘fairness’ and ‘fighter safety.’”
“Under the Commission’s procedures, as implemented by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport at the event, those athletes selected for anti-doping testing were tested only after their contest. Shane Carwin, like most of the other fighters on the card, wasn’t tested because of the discretionary call that the Commission made in the circumstances following his fight.”
It was clarified that Carwin was not tested by the commission due to the injuries suffered during the fight with dos Santos and that they decided it best to send him to the hospital rather than carry out a urine test backstage at the event, although I’m sure a commissioner could have travelled with the fighter to the hospital where it could have been carried out. By Michael Pepper.
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