Justin Levens Tests Positive For Banned Substance

Justin Levens has reportedly tested positive for the drug oxymorphone in the aftermath of the Affliction: Banned fight card.

Levens was scheduled to fight Ray Lazama, but due to time constraints, the bout did not go ahead.

Oxymorphone is a semi-synthetic opioid analgesic, which is a prescribed medication used to treat moderate to severe pain. The levels of this substance in his blood stream were 10,141 ng/ml, way above the California State Athletic Commission's cut off limit of 120ng/ml.

Levens has been issued with a $1000 dollar fine and is suspended for six months, until January 15th 2009.

Sherk Still Considering Legal Action

Former UFC Lightweight champion Sean Sherk has recently stated that he intends to take legal action against California State Athletic Commission regarding the way he was treated during his hearing.

Sherk tested positive for Nandralone following a title fight against Hermes Franca in July last year. Sherk has always claimed his innocence on this subject, and is glad to be able to fight again, on the UFC's next card. He still maintains, however, that he was treated unfairly and that there were many holes and discrepancies in the case against him, on the part of the CSAC.

Sherk has since declared that he will never fight in California again,which he reiterated on MMAweekly radio this week. Here is a snippet from his interview

“I’ve got no desire to fight in California. The UFC’s fighting all over the country now. They’re coming here to Minneapolis in a few months, so I’ve just got no desire to fight in California now. I don’t like the way I was treated and fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me, right?”

“I think they really need to handle things a little better and if they don’t, I think the shows are going to go elsewhere,” he commented. “This sport is so big now, you don’t need to fight in California anymore. It was something they needed to do at one point in time, where as now I think they can pretty much sell out wherever they go. It’s not a necessity anymore.”

Female Fighter Tests Positive For Nandralone

Newly signed Elite XC fighter Carina Damm has become the first female MMA fighter to test positive for the steroid Nandralone.

The positive test came after a bout for Fatal Femmes Fighting in Los Angeles. Damm won this fight by submission. As a result of the positive test, she has been fined $2,500 by the California State Athletic Commission, and been suspended until 3rd April 2009, a total of one year from the date of the test. The result came out at 37.9ng/mL, compared to the legal limit of 2ng/mL.

This may cause issues with her new Elite XC contract, as Damm has only just signed the deal, and was scheduled to fight Debi Purcell in June.