Tim Sylvia OUT at UFC 47 **Not a Joke**

[Curly Howard]

Several reliable sources are reporting from Los Vegas that Tim Sylvia failed his drug test and is out at UFC 47

[Curly Howard]

MMA Weekly is live at Vegas reporting this. Also MMA Ring report and the UG and Sherdog.

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[mmafanman]

Too much Vitamin S for Sylvia. Cabbage and Arlovski still should be fun to watch. I have to adjust my picks now.

Cabbage W vs. Arlovski
Kyle W vs. Sims

[Curly Howard]

**Edit**
I thought he was still taking the drugs. I over reacted before I found out that they were still in his body

[handjobs4dollars]

**** the fight I wanted to see the most too.

[HockeyFighter]

Andrei over Cabbage
Kyle to **** Sims.

[Tom]

Refer to my post in the OT on this. And i like Arlovski and Kyle to win.

[Curly Howard]

CABBAGE?CORREIRA TO FIGHT ANDREI ARLOVSKI; WES SIMS TO MEET MIKE KYLE IN CARD CHANGES FOR UFC 47: IT’S ON!
Test Results Reveal Former Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia Has Trace Amounts Of Performance Enhancing Substance In System

LAS VEGAS, NEV., April 1, 2004?"Cabbage" Correira will fight Andrei Arlovski in a three-round, non-title fight and Wes Sims will take Correira’s place against Mike Kyle in heavyweight card changes announced today by Zuffa, LLC for Ultimate Fighting Championship?47: It’s On!, which will air LIVE on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. EST, Friday, April 2.

The card changes became necessary when a urinalysis test for former UFC Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia today revealed he still has miniscule traces of a performance enhancing substance in his system. Under the terms of his prior suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Sylvia cannot obtain a license in Nevada until all traces of the substance are gone from his system. The trace amounts found in his system go back to his first and only use of the agents taken over nine months ago.

Because the NSAC had ordered Sylvia to provide satisfactory results before fighting again, he had requested that he be given until the last possible opportunity to obtain accurate test results. "Tim was honest and forthcoming in admitting his initial use of the agent and we have complete confidence that he did not violate his suspension. Since he was returning to attempt to re-gain his heavyweight title, Zuffa and the Commission wanted to give him every opportunity to do so. Determining a champion in our heavyweight division remains a top priority," said Dana White, UFC president

"Cabbage" (20-4-0 in mixed martial arts) from Hilo, Hawaii, will now pit his rock-hard chin, powerful strikes and quick knees against Arlovski’s (7-3-0) from Minsk, Belarus, striking power and grappling ability. Both are coming off knockouts in their last UFC fights. Arlovski defeated fellow countryman Vladimir Matyushenko with a wicked uppercut at the 2:14 mark of the first round at UFC 44: Undisputed. "Cabbage" defeated legendary heavyweight Tank Abbott with strikes and knees also at the 2:14 mark of round one at UFC 45: Revolution.

Kyle (10-2-0) from San Jose, Calif., also is a powerful striker who is improving his jiu jitsu skills. He will need all his technique against Sims (6-3-0) from Columbus, Ohio, who at 6?0," 250 pounds is one of the UFC’s biggest heavyweights. The Ultimate Fighting Championship?brand of mixed martial arts is the world’s premier series of MMA events. Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev., UFC?fight programs feature six live pay-per-view events annually through cable and satellite providers. In addition to its U.S. distribution, UFC?fight programs are distributed internationally through WOWOW, Inc., in Japan, Globosat in Brazil, Main Event Television in Australia and Sky Network Television in New Zealand. Zuffa, LLC licenses the distribution of UFC?video games through Crave Entertainment and TDK Mediactive and its fight show DVDs through Studioworks Entertainment, a Ventura Distribution company. "Ultimate Fighting Championship," "Ultimate Fighting," "UFC," "Submission," "As Real As It Gets" and the Octagon cage design are registered trademarks owned exclusively by Zuffa, LLC in the U.S., Japan and other jurisdictions. All other marks that may be referenced herein belong to their respective holders.

[wondermut]

stays in your system for 9 months?

[Fallout]

Thats what the tests say