Overeem licensed to fight at UFC 141 despite drug test fiasco

Alistair Overeem will fight Brock Lesnar at UFC 141 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Dec. 30, 2011, after all.
Rumors circulated from everything that the Dutchman had failed a drug test to possibilities that his mother's recent illness would cause him to pull out of the fight.
All those questions were answered today.
Overeem was grilled in a long and strenuous questioning process about inconsistencies concerning the timeframe in which he took his steroid test upon being informed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) that he had been chosen for a random screening.
After hearing him out, the commission ruled that the Strikeforce heavyweight champion will be allowed to compete in the main event of UFC 141 ... albeit "conditionally."
And here are those conditions:

1. Overeem must take a new steroid test at an independent lab within 72 hours
2. Overeem must take another test once he arrives on United States soil before his fight with Lesnar
3. Overeem must take further tests for the next six months to a year at his own expense

Here's the timeline for the issues that the NSAC had with Overeem:

• Nov. 17 -- Overeem's assistant is informed that he needed to take a steroid test.
• Nov. 17 -- Overeem flies from Las Vegas to Holland to be with his mother who had been diagnosed with cancer for the third time.
• Nov. 20 -- Overeem finally receives word from his assistant about the steroid test.
  • 3-4 days later -- Overeem takes a blood test for steroids at a clinic with his personal physician.
  • 8-10 days later, Overeem gets the results back saying he's clean and he sends the results to the NSAC
  • 3-4 days later, Overeem's assistant is informed he didn't take a urine test which is what they had asked for.
• Dec. 6 -- Overeem's assistant informs him he needs to take another test.
• Dec. 7 -- Overeem takes the proper urine test in Germany

The biggest issue the commission had was the fact that Overeem left for Holland the day he was supposedly informed about the drug test he needed to take and then didn't get back to them for over four days.

via:sbnation