Alistair Overeem claims a doctor-prescribed medication for a rib injury caused him to fail a recent drug test due to an elevated testosterone-to-epitestosterone (T/E) ratio.

Overeem today released a statement to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) and other outlets ahead of his Tuesday's hearing with the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Overeem, who failed the test after having a 14-to-1 T/E ratio (well over the 6-to-1 limit), recently was replaced in next month's UFC 146 main event with heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos, though he claims he withdrew.

UFC president Dana White announced on Friday that ex-champ Frank Mir (16-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC) replaced Overeem (36-11 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in the May 26 title fight with Dos Santos (14-1 MMA, 8-0 UFC), which airs live on pay-per-view from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Overeem's surprise drug test was conducted on March 27 following a event-kickoff press conference in Las Vegas. According to the fighter, he didn't know his prescribed medication was mixed with testosterone, and he plans to argue as much as Tuesday's hearing.

Overeem's full statement, which his management team at Authentic Sports Management provided, includes:






Because Overeem is not currently licensed, he does not face an immediate suspension and/or fine. However, the NSAC could deny his license or sanction him in other ways.

The NSAC issued a condition license to Overeem in late 2011 to fight Brock Lesnar at UFC 141.

After missing a pre-fight drug test for that December event, Overeem's fight with Lesnar was contingent on undergoing additional drug testing. During an NSAC hearing in December, he said he had missed the test while flying to Holland to care for his ailing mother. Concerns over the missed drug test and efforts to get him tested in his native country led the commission to issue a conditional license in which he was required to submit to two pre-fight tests, a fight-night test, and two random tests within six months of the fight. The license expired on Dec. 31.

The UFC 146 pre-fight test this past month was one of Overeem's two random tests. The former Strikeforce champion was among six top-billed fighters who were tested for the all-heavyweight PPV card. All other fighters tested clean for performance-enhancing drugs and drugs of abuse.

MMAjunkie.com will be on scene and reporting live from Tuesday's NSAC hearing with Overeem.



Source: After failed test, UFC's Alistair Overeem blames prescribed medication for high T/E ratio

How i sincerely want to beleive all of the petifull excuses....

Pretty much what I said to myself, he could have used that excuse weeks ago, so why now?- weird timing for sure, just before appearing in the hearing tomorrow. Truth is that I always maintained the belief that a man is innocent till proven guilty, despite all indications of steroids use in his physique in past fights. I was looking forward to that fight too - I'm just more disappointed than mad.

Riiiiiight....

Like a 27-inch Zenith - believe it

hahhahahaha at post above.

I cant swallow this i m afraid next it will be "the horse meat i ate must have been full of trt.."

I m truly disappointed and i hate abuse of trt and peds in our wonderful sport.

I think we all feel that way...

I am really sad hat it had to be this fight but I think that in a way this is good and I hope they continue doing more tests more often.

The way I see it for the sport to be fair either everybody must take steroids / TRT/ hormones or nobody at all. And I am pretty sure that everybody taking steroids would ruin the sport, being allowed / legal or not. Nobody wants to watch a human chemistry contest in the cage. So naturally I am against them and hope that they setup many good ways to prevent and protect the sport against it.

I agree and I disagree on some points.
While I am generally against the use of anabolic steroids - it is a grey area. First off I believe in the general sense of things is that science as a whole is benefitting sports. For the typical athlete you need to take supplements in order to recover especially for a long training camp. Without those the standard of training and level of the sport will diminish. Hence the presence of supplements which are legal but do mimmick the effects of steroids without the same effects. I myself believe if we establish better guidelines and regulate the sport than I would be all for it. Adjusting your levels of hormones permit that. But then again it would be too hard to go through this. Also if you think of it how bad would the sport look if we allow steroid use from the general population, very bad I'd say. The use of steroids in sports has always been in the grey area and always will be.