Melvin Guillard was suspended for eight months and fined $2,100 (30% of his $7,000 fight purse) for testing positive for Benzoylegonine, a metabolite of cocaine, after his loss to Joe Stevenson at Ultimate Fight Night 9 on April 5th. MMA HQ first reported the positive drug test back on April 13.
According to Ivan Trembow at MMAWeekly.com, Guillard admitted to the Nevada State Athletic Commission that he did use cocaine only six days before his fight with Stevenson.
At his disciplinary hearing in front of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Guillard admitted that he used cocaine. Guillard said that on Friday, March 30th, he was hanging out with some friends and not intending to use any drugs, but “one thing led to another” and he ended up trying cocaine. Guillard said that he thought the drug would be out of his system within 72 hours and that he absolutely did not expect to test positive when he fought six days later.
Guillard said, “I’ve only been introduced to drugs in the past year or so.” He added that he has only used drugs for recreational purposes, and that he does not have an addiction. Guillard did not specify which other drugs he has used, but he did state that he has never used performance-enhancing drugs.
Guillard said to the commissioners, “I made an honest mistake. I embarrassed myself, and I embarrassed my family.” Guillard said that the hardest part of the whole process was explaining to his mother what he had done. Guillard added that he has subsequently tried to put himself in a new environment with different people surrounding him and that he does not intend to use drugs in the future.
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serves him right………..dumbaz!
I didn’t think that Diaz and Diego smoking pot was very bright but Melvin doing coke six days before the fight is just plain stupid.
lol six days? coke can stay in your system for like 6 months!
man, these guys need chaperones, like other professional athletes have, atleast during the playoffs.
and in closing.. GETCHA MIND RIGHT MELVIN!!
MELVIN I WANT SOME
stupid
Well, at least it’s a virtual NOBODY who got caught, nevertheless it’s embarrassing.
YOYOYOYO WHAT THE F IS UP YALL….
ITS OFFICAL UFC 72 IS THE SHITTIEST CARD EVER PUT TOGETHER
Rich Franklin vs Martin Kampmann
Forrest Griffin vs Hector Ramirez
Tyson Griffin vs Clay Guida
Jason MacDonald vs Rory Singer
Jake O’Brien vs Tom Murphy
Ed Herman vs Scott Smith
Eddie Sanchez vs Colin Robinson
Marcus Davis vs TBA
Dustin Hazelett vs TBA
IS THIS THE SICKEST **** EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FOOOOOOOOK
its okami vs franklin now patrick.. if they had squeezed in a pride fighters debut, it might have made the card so so.. but theres no belts on the line, nobody we havent seen in the ufc before..
this would have been passable as an ultimate fight night, considering all the TUF fighters in it.. but as a PPV??? no way! not even CLOSE!
DANA NEEDS TO FIRE HIS FIGHT MAKERS AND LET US BE HIRED…… FOOKING REDICULOUS
Tyson Griffin vs Clay Guida
fight of the night
now i wonder if he was smoking crack or sniffing a line