License to Fight: Busy Morning for NSAC
Sherdog.com Staff Feb 16, 2007
The Nevada State Athletic Commission Friday morning revoked, denied
and suspended the licenses of several mixed martial artists, NSAC
chairman Keith Kizer confirmed to Sherdog.com.
Kevin Randleman (Pictures) had his license pulled as a result of a dubious urinalysis following his loss to Mauricio Rua (Pictures) in PRIDE. The former UFC heavyweight champion, recently in the hospital with kidney troubles, provided a sample free of human hormones, which the NSAC took as Randleman providing a fake sample. For this his license was revoked. Randleman can reapply for a license any time after Oct. 21, 2007.
Dutch heavyweight Gilbert Yvel (Pictures) was denied a license to fight because of what Kizer called "inexcusable behavior" stemming for an incident in 2004 in which Yvel struck a referee in the ring. Had the the veteran fighter been granted a license, he would have likely fought on next week's PRIDE card in Las Vegas.
The NSAC handed down its fifth suspension for diuretics when welterweight Thiago Alves (Pictures) was given an eight-month penalty, the standard suspension for a positive test of this kind. Alves' suspension comes after he fought on a Dec. 30, 2006 UFC card.
Also, the commission temporarily suspended Joe Pearson (Pictures) and Kit Cope (Pictures), both losers in WEC title fights on Jan. 20, after each tested positive for banned substances.
Kevin Randleman (Pictures) had his license pulled as a result of a dubious urinalysis following his loss to Mauricio Rua (Pictures) in PRIDE. The former UFC heavyweight champion, recently in the hospital with kidney troubles, provided a sample free of human hormones, which the NSAC took as Randleman providing a fake sample. For this his license was revoked. Randleman can reapply for a license any time after Oct. 21, 2007.
Dutch heavyweight Gilbert Yvel (Pictures) was denied a license to fight because of what Kizer called "inexcusable behavior" stemming for an incident in 2004 in which Yvel struck a referee in the ring. Had the the veteran fighter been granted a license, he would have likely fought on next week's PRIDE card in Las Vegas.
The NSAC handed down its fifth suspension for diuretics when welterweight Thiago Alves (Pictures) was given an eight-month penalty, the standard suspension for a positive test of this kind. Alves' suspension comes after he fought on a Dec. 30, 2006 UFC card.
Also, the commission temporarily suspended Joe Pearson (Pictures) and Kit Cope (Pictures), both losers in WEC title fights on Jan. 20, after each tested positive for banned substances.
