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Anonymous
After successfully defending his title against Hermes Franca at UFC 73 on July 7, 2007, the California State Athletic Commission announced that Sherk and Franca had both tested positive for banned steroids in post-fight drug tests. After testing positive for Nandrolone, Sherk was fined $2,500 and suspended from competing in California until July 6, 2008. He has since filed an extension for his appeal hearing. His appeal was December 4, 2007, which saw Sherk's suspension reduced to 6 months, making him eligible to fight in early January 2008. Like imprisoned track star Marion Jones Sherk states he has passed a three separate lie detector tests confirming that he did not knowingly take steroids, but refuses to address whether he has ever failed a related lie detector test. In a clear misunderstanding of statistics, Sherk also claimed errors were made in lab testing procedures, because three people tested immediately prior to him tested positive for steroids. However the lab has not confirmed or admitted these errors. Believing he has some understanding about lab procedures, Sherk claims that the failure of the lab to properly test the vials used in the earlier, positive tests for any remaining steroid content may have resulted in his sample becoming contaminated with nandrolone. ----------
I think the only people defending Sherk are closet skinheads who refuse to believe that their aryan champion is a cheater.
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