Lurkdaddy316 - Banned substances are banned but the assertion that he was told OUT OF COMPETITION was different than fight time/post fight is puzzling. Either someone is lying OR the commission isn't conducting things very transparently.
I'll remind you that when Chael was first busted with a T:E of just under 20:
Chael insisted he had filed a TUE, and this was eventually shown to be BS.
Then Chael changed his story to, 'I told Kizer right before the fight I was on TRT -- I'd never hide anything,' but this was also refuted by Kizer and shown to be BS (DESPITE Chael making this claim repeatedly during his freakin' NSAC hearing, the balls on this guy lol)
Then Chael changed his story to, 'My manager spoke with Kizer about getting me a TUE for this fight, which was also described by Kizer as "ridiculous," and, "strange," since he had a one off conversation with Lindland some time ago, but not in relation to Sonnen, any other fighter or any fight in particular -- it was just a general convo about the TUE procedure lol
Sonnen had also told some reporters and news media initially that he had hypogonadism since he was young, and then changed this story to say he had been diagnosed mid 20s lol So ya, Great fighter and awesome promoter, and he finally seem to have a genuine excuse here, but I wouldn't trust his administrative compliance or word until we have definitive proof and a response from the AC
(who, admittedly, are also so Godamn inept they could easily be to blame lol)
...just an all around clusterfuck