The Nevada State Athletic Commission came down hard on the recently retired UFC and PRIDE legend Wanderlei Silva this afternoon as they gave Silva a lifetime ban and a $70,000 fine for running away from a random drug test prior to UFC 175.
Silva did not attend the NSAC hearing today, and was instead represented by his attorney Ross Goodman. Afterwards, Goodman called the NSAC hearing a kangaroo court and promised to appeal the decision.
Wanderlei Silva took to Twitter to respond to his punishment, but tweeted in Portuguese. MMA reporter Guilherme Cruz provided the translation:
What Wand basically said in his recent tweet: “those who are trying to take me down, come get it. War is just beginning, sons of b…”
— Guilherme Cruz (@guicruzzz) September 23, 2014
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