Den 25 november skulle den före detta mästaren Anderson Silva ha gått en match mot Kelvin Gastelum i Shanghai, Kina. Mötet blev dock inställt efter att det visat sig att ”The Spider” Silva hade testat positivt ännu en gång och istället hoppade Michael Bisping in och ersatte brasilianaren.
I TV-showen Revista Combate så pratade Silvas konditionscoach Rogerio Camoes om den senaste skandalen och han tror att förorenade kosttillskott är anledningen till att ”The Spider” testade positivt:
“I’m with Anderson for many years and the first thing he said was, ‘Master, I didn’t take anything,’” sade Camoes. ”I trust his word because Anderson is very mature and experienced, he has the conscience not to take anything that would compromise being suspended or taint his image.
”We believe in some contamination in some supplement,” fortsatte Camoes. ”Every product he used, supplements, will be analyzed so we can prove there was a contamination. It’s a slow process, it’s not overnight, and it requires time and money. It’s very expensive.”
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Camoes blir själv anklagad
I intervjun så berättar Camoes att han själv blivit utpekad som ansvarig för Silvas positiva test men han ifrågasätter anklagelserna och säger att han aldrig skulle utsätta Silva för något sådant.
“Many people point at me as the responsible for this,” sade Camoes. “People who know me for a long time and know my work know that I’d be the last person to do this, especially because I know from A to Z about anabolic steroids. I was a bodybuilder.
“The first antidoping test I did was in 1987 at the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center, when I was competing internationally in judo. I was tested for 10 years, and I know from A to Z, so I would be the last person to give someone something that would make them fail a doping test. Only if I was crazy or dumb. I would be the last person to stimulate Anderson to do something like that. It’s the opposite, I’m the one worried about it.”
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Tror på en comeback
Trots att det är andra gången som Silva testar positivt så tror Camoes på en comeback för ”The Spider”. Han säger att han tror att Silva kommer att slåss till han är 45-46 år gammal och att brasilianaren kommer att återvända även om han får ett långt straff:
“I believe he will (come back),” Camoes said. “In life, when someone is taken away from you, that’s when you want it the most. The thing he wants the most is fighting. I believe he will come back to fighting.
“Before all that happened, I remember saying to (tränare Luiz Carlos) Dorea, ‘This guy will fight for more three or four years. This guy will fight until he’s 45, 46 years old.’ He was like a young kid, so happy. Everything will be cleared.
”There will be a penalty, or course, we know the USADA rules, and even with a contamination, it’s the athlete’s responsibility what he takes and you have to be careful with that. We’re waiting for something to know which path we will go after all this.”
