Nate Marquardt Out of UFC on Versus, Replaced by Charlie Brenneman

[YoMarK]

Nee, in het verhaal op MMAJunkie staat dat de Athletic Commission "iets" van hem moesten hebben of weten, maar dat hij dat niet op tijd heeft kunnen/willen laten zien.
Het lijkt me sterk dat dat iets met PED's te maken heeft(test van die dag), want van de pre-fight test is de uitslag nog niet bekend.

Wel zou het iets te maken kunnen hebben met een test van een tijd geleden. Of misschien is het gewoon iets lulligs als een besmettelijke huiduitslag waarvan al bekend was bij de AC dat deze er zat.
Als Dana vermoed dat je dit doelbewust hebt verzwegen, dan kan ik me voorstellen dat deze daar niet al te vrolijk van word, zeker niet in het geval van een Main Event.

[justsomeone]

Hepatitus?

[McClane]

NBC Sports: Dana White 'disgusted' with Marquardt

Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22825103...43173#43543173

Vermeldt er ook bij dat hij reeds op donderdag wist dat Marquardt niet door de test was gekomen en dat de rede voor het ontslag vanzelfsprekend is.

[R.H.]

dan zal het toch wel steroids zijn..

[ieatsoul]

Misschien een soa opgelopen? Een tijdelijke soa, bij het vreemdgaan wellicht? Dana zegt in het filmpje: Nate has to man up and tell the world why he didn't pass his medicals.

[GilbertYvelFan24]

Misschien een soa opgelopen? Een tijdelijke soa, bij het vreemdgaan wellicht? Dana zegt in het filmpje: Nate has to man up and tell the world why he didn't pass his medicals.

x2

[rollermanskunk]

Pennsylvania Commission Confirms Nate Marquardt Did Not Fail Drug Test



Nate Marquardt remains on suspension from the state of Pennsylvania after failing to receive medical clearance prior to the weekend's UFC on Versus event. In the aftermath of the shocking development, which included Marquardt's firing from the promotion, many questions have arisen.

Which part of the medical review did Marquardt fail to clear? How did six weeks go by without a resolution? And how did Pennsylvania suspend Marquardt when it appeared he'd never been licensed in the first place?

While most of the situation is still shrouded in mystery, at least one of those questions can be answered.

Gregory Sirb, the executive director of the state's athletic commission told MMA Fighting on Monday that Marquardt had indeed been granted a license to fight, pending medical clearance.

"He was licensed. He completed all his paperwork for licensing probably a week before," Sirb said.

But Sirb said that regardless of whether or not the license had been granted, Marquardt would have faced the same possible outcome for failing to clear his medical issue.

"He knew full well what the ramifications were, whether licensed or not," Sirb said. Sirb told reporters on Sunday that Marquardt had six weeks to resolve an outstanding issue, but would not divulge what it was. Neither would UFC president Dana White.

More Coverage: Dana White Tells Nate Marquardt to 'Man Up'

According to the commission's website, while in the course of applying for a license, a professional fighter must provide a negative HIV, Hepatits C and Hepatitis B surface antigen exam. They must also provide the results of an annual medical exam. That exam is wide-ranging and covers potential issues related to vision, lungs, heart rate, the nervous system, coordination and more that could disqualify a fighter from competition. In addition, there is language in the regulations that offers the commission the latitude to request other exams. The stated medical requirements are similar to those of other states, including fight hubs Nevada and New Jersey.

All of the aforementioned test results are considered the fighter's private medical information and kept confidential under federal HIPAA laws. Federal or Pennsylvania state law does not, however, prohibit disclosure of a positive drug test result, nor the type of drug which led to a confirmed positive test.

Sirb confirmed that if Marquardt had failed a drug test, the commission would have released those findings.

"I've been here 22 years and we do not embarrass anybody," he said. "But we would have said, 'drug test.'"

To date, Marquardt and his team have said little regarding the situation. On Saturday, his team released a statement to MMA Fighting which read, "I was looking forward to my welterweight debut. I'm sorry I let everyone down." On Sunday, he tweeted, "I'm sorry to all my fans and the UFC for not passing the medicals for tonight's fight. I'm heart broken I couldn't fight, but I will b (sic) back."

Marquardt is expected to make his first extended statements about the matter on Tuesday's edition of The MMA Hour, which airs at 1 pm on MMAFighting.com.

[Asura]

Was hij vandaag niet bij the MMA hour?

[McClane]

Was hij vandaag niet bij the MMA hour?

Marquardt is expected to make his first extended statements about the matter on Tuesday's edition of The MMA Hour, which airs at 1 pm on MMAFighting.com.

[Asura]

Hij nam injecties.. maar weet niet van wat: Hij is er nu:

http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/06/2...rdt-in-studio/

Hij zit daar samen met zijn advocaat denk ik, maar heb het eerste deel gemist.

[ieatsoul]

Van Sherdog´s frontpage:

Former UFC middleweight title contender Nate Marquardt Tuesday revealed that elevated testosterone levels caused his sudden and unexpected withdrawal from UFC Live 4.

In what was supposed to mark his welterweight debut, Marquardt was to face Rick Story in Sunday's main event at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. However, on the day of the weigh-ins, Marquardt was denied medical clearance by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission and pulled from the contest that same day. The UFC found a replacement opponent for Story in Charlie Brenneman, and UFC president Dana White announced that Marquardt was not only off the card, but also out of the promotion.

Appearing Tuesday on “The MMA Hour” with Ariel Helwani, Marquardt explained that he began feeling “sluggish” and “moody” last summer. Those feelings turned out to be symptoms of low testosterone, according to the one-time middleweight title challenger.

“I was not medically cleared because of a situation I’ve been dealing with since August. Last year, I was feeling sluggish and my memory had gone out the window. I was irritable,” said Marquardt. “I knew something was wrong. Felt like I was over-training when that wasn't the case.”

The fighter asserted that he began testosterone replacement therapy on the recommendation of his primary care physician. This carried on until his fight with Dan Miller at UFC 128 in March.

“I got the fight with Dan Miller in New Jersey, where I applied for a therapeutic use exemption. They came back and said they would let me fight this fight, but they wanted to make sure that I needed the treatment. They said my doctor submitted paperwork that seemed incomplete,” said Marquardt.

“They wanted me to go off treatment for eight weeks, take three blood tests and have an endocrinologist examine them to make sure I still needed treatment. The endocrinologist wrote out a letter that said I had low testosterone and I was a candidate for hormone replacement therapy and that I should go back on treatment.”

By the time the eight-week cycle had been completed, Marquardt was three weeks away from his fight at UFC Live 4. In light of close proximity to the fight, Marquardt claims his doctor recommended he undergo more aggressive treatment in order to combat his symptoms and bring his levels back up to normal.

“[My doctor] said [therapy] wouldn't make me feel better by the time of my fight unless we did a more aggressive treatment,” said Marquardt. “So I was on the treatment for two weeks and I took a blood test, which is normal throughout treatment to make sure you're in normal ranges. That test came back high. At that point, my doctor said I should go off treatment and hope that I was down to normal levels. At that point, I was panicked.”

Though Marquardt says his levels did drop during the week of the fight, they did not drop quickly enough. The day before the weigh-ins, his level was still too high, and he was suspended by the commission. However, Marquardt said that he took another test on the day of the fight and found his levels were within range.

“The week of the fight, I requested several tests. Each test showed my levels were going down. I took a test on weigh-in day, and it was still above the range that that commission was going to let me fight,” said Marquardt.

“At that point, I was told that I was going to be put on suspension. The day of the fight, I woke up and took a test. That test came back well within ranges. I took a test with a doctor from the commission yesterday, and it had gone down even more so.”

Though Marquardt asserted that he has been honest and he has communicated through the entire process, he did admit that he should have been more informed during his recent therapy.

“We knew I had to be within range. I should have requested testing earlier. That's one of the biggest mistakes I made was not requesting blood tests earlier from my doctor,” said Marquardt. “We knew I had to be within range. I should have requested blood tests earlier from my doctor. I'm not a doctor, but I have to take responsibility. My doctor wasn't fighting. I’m the one fighting, and I messed up. There are things I should have done, and I have to take responsibility for that.””

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission will meet tomorrow to discuss Marquardt's suspension.

“I spoke to [Commissioner Gregory Sirb] today, and he said I’d essentially met the requirements for my suspension to be lifted,” said Marquardt.

Marquardt had split his last four bouts in the Octagon before receiving his walking papers. After falling to Chael Sonnen to begin 2010, “The Great” rebounded with a TKO victory over Rousimar Palhares in September before closing out the year with a unanimous decision loss to Yushin Okami in November. Marquardt started 2011 with a victory, besting Dan Miller at UFC 128 in March.

Though Marquardt admitted his weight cut may have increased his levels due to his dehydration, the fighter believes that the cut was not the source of his problems and intends to stay in the welterweight ranks.

“I'll definitely still be at 170 pounds,” said Marquardt. “If my levels weren't elevated in the first place, the weight cut wouldn't have made the test higher.”

In regard to his UFC future, Marquardt said he was not surprised that White released him. However, Marquardt hopes that he can overcome the setbacks and return to the UFC.

“It's a nightmare. It's very stressful. At the same time, I lean on my faith in God, and my wife has been so supportive. I’m such a blessed man,” said an emotional Marquardt through tears. “I want to apologize to the fans. I feel like I let them down. I feel like I let my family down, and I obviously upset the UFC and my sponsors. I just hope everyone can forgive me. I’m trying my best.”

[Ivo C.]

Hormone replacment Therapy... :S

[Garcia]

Zijn zeker geen beelden van dit interview?

[wrestler_nl]

Nate Marquardt announcement: Testosterone therapy reason for UFC release, failed medical exam at UFC on Versus 4 - MMAmania.com

Tweet van Ben Askren

"@nathanmarquardt you are a cheater, not once but frequently. Stop cheating, come to bellator and I will crush you.

[Asura]

Zijn zeker geen beelden van dit interview?

Meestal 2 dagen erna. Het was allang bekend dat Marquard aan TRT deed trouwens.. Snap niet waarom Dana zo flipt.

[el bastardo]

Snap Dana ook niet. En Sonnen dan?

[rollermanskunk]

Als Dana de pik op je hebt ben je de lul helemaal als je voor de 2e keer in de fout gaat. Dana is een billenmaatje van Sonnen die mag wel alles zeggen (trashtalk) en doen (steroids).

[blackadder]

Dana is een billenmaatje van Sonnen die mag wel alles zeggen (trashtalk) en doen (steroids).

Mensen oplichten.

[Kemal]

Nate Marquardt Breaks Silence on Suspension, UFC Firing

Taking full responsibility for the problems that led to his firing over the weekend, Nate Marquardt explained that a high testosterone level caused by hormone replacement therapy (HRT) led to the medical suspension that knocked him from the main event of the recent UFC on Versus 4.

Making his first public statements since the incident, Marquardt appeared with manager Lex McMahon on The MMA Hour for a one-hour interview to address the cause of his termination, which had been until now a mystery.

He explained that in August 2010, issues with sluggishness, memory loss and irritability led him to see his primary care physician, who discovered he suffered from low testosterone levels and recommended HRT. Marquardt applied for and received an exemption from the New Jersey state athletic commission for his March 2011 fight over Dan Miller.

The approval though, came with a caveat. After the fight, Marquardt needed to stop the treatment for eight weeks so state officials could re-check his levels and make sure his natural levels were indeed low, making the therapy a medical necessity.

In the meantime, though, Marquardt accepted the fight with Story, and attempted to gain HRT clearance in Pennsylvania, the host state of the scheduled fight.

Because of the eight-week treatment absence, Marquardt's levels fell low, and with three weeks remaining to his fight, Marquardt's doctor gave him a testosterone shot to combat the problem. Marquardt's levels were regularly monitored and as he approached fight week, he knew they were high, but expected them to drop to satisfactory levels by weigh-in day.

"The week of the fight I requested several tests," Marquardt said. "Each test showed that the levels were going down. I took a test on weigh-in day, and it was still above the range the athletic commission was going to let me fight."

"But [it was] in close proximity, and it had been trending down significantly throughout the week," McMahon added.

At that point, Marquardt was informed he was not going to be allowed to fight and put on suspension.

"There are things I messed up," he said. "I have to take responsibility."

But, however, one thing the duo stressed is that Marquardt never made an effort to hide anything, and that he had been in constant contact with Pennsylvania's commission as well as the UFC, which was aware of the issue. In fact, not only had he gone through New Jersey, but also fights in Texas and Germany, in which he disclosed the situation to the governing bodies.

"Nate was hiding nothing," McMahon said. "He made every effort to comply. When he found out his results were high, he ran out of time."

Looking back, Marquardt, who cried at two different points of the interview, regrets several actions that may or may not have contributed to the problem. One thing he pointed out was that several years ago, he regularly took androstenediol, a popular supplement that was sold over-the-counter at nutrition shops until being reclassified as a steroid in 2005 and banned. Marquardt said he took the supplement for several years and wonders if it could have compromised his system and led to low testosterone production.

He also said he should have better monitored his ranges through blood tests soon after taking his first testosterone shot.

In addition, he added that when he went through the New Jersey commission protocol for an exemption, they raised some red flags about his doctor, including that he had prescribed an "off-label" prescription for Marquardt, basically meaning he had furnished Marquardt with a drug that was designed for a different use.

"From what I understood, it was common for doctors to use it for that reason," Marquardt said.

In retrospect, his team admits that should have been something that alerted their radar.

"The NJ commission sent a very clear statement that the doctor he was using had been incomplete, was using protocols that were not approved by the USADA," McMahon said. "At that point in time, that should have been a significant indicator to go see a specialist, to go see someone whose core competency was this. So I think that's another area where Nate and our team have to take responsibility. At the end of the day, you're dealing with a high-level professional athlete, one of the best fighters in the world. How could you potentially jeopardize that situation? Go to the best doctor you could get your hands on."

McMahon and Marquardt said he will no longer be using his original doctor and have begun the process of finding a highly qualified specialist.

But as of now, his MMA career remains in limbo. Marquardt said that he took a test on Sunday morning that had him well within the standard to fight. He hopes to be taken off suspension as early as Wednesday, when the Pennsylvania commission members are scheduled to meet and review the most recent set of tests.

But what is next for him remains for now, anyone's guess. McMahon said he's already received contract and fight offers for Marquardt, and that when he's ready to move on, it won't take long to find him a deal.

Curiously, after a 14-fight tenure with the UFC, Marquardt and his team found out he had been fired like everyone else, through Dana White's online video just after weigh-ins. The two only had a short conversation after he was suspended by the commission, with White asking him "How you can you let this happen?" Because of White's anger, Marquardt said he was not overly shocked that he was cut, and that it was something he "half-expected." He added that he hopes to get another chance to fight in the UFC one day, but that it's something out of his control.

"I just want to get past this situation right now, get off suspension, let the dust settle and go from there," he said, adding that when he does return, it will be as a welterweight.

If there is one silver lining to this all, Marquardt says that the HRT use might have saved his marriage. The treatment, he said, took away the moodiness and irritability that made him difficult to live with.

It's a choice he had reinforced shortly after he lost out on his big fight, and got fired from his big job. When speculation abounded and rumors and disgust were hurled his way, Team Marquardt closed its ranks.

"Of course it's a nightmare and very stressful and unimaginable in certain instances, but at the same time, I lean on my faith in God," said Marquardt, who apologized to the UFC as well as his sponsors, friends and family. "My wife has been so supportive. I got back to the hotel after weigh-ins. My family was there, and i realized I'm still such a blessed man. My daughter's there, and my wife. I still feel very blessed."

[GilbertYvelFan24]

Jammer echt jammer dat hij niet meer voor de UFC vecht.
Was wel een solide vechter. Zonde...

[Asura]

Dana wil van het lay en pray imago af denk k.

[Kemal]

Nate Marquardt's Coach Still Struggling with Questions, but Finding Few Answers

When Trevor Wittman heard the news, all he wanted was to disappear. For years he's worked with Nate Marquardt, honing his striking in Denver's Grudge Training Center, and he went to Pittsburgh with his fighter last week expecting to come home a winner in yet another big UFC fight.

Then on the day of the weigh-ins he found out that Marquardt had been pulled from the fight and fired from the UFC for the elevated testosterone levels that were a result of his hormone replacement therapy, and suddenly Wittman felt like he could barely stand to show his face around colleagues and competitors he's known for years.

"When it hit -- and I know Nate feels the same way -- but I can't tell you the feeling I had at the weigh-ins when this was happening," Wittman said. "I really felt like I wanted to go and put a hood over my head and walk out of there. There were spots where I was pushing myself to go back in the room and not answer calls from the press. I had to hide in the bushes, basically, all out of respect for Nate."

To Wittman, the issue of testosterone replacement isn't as complex as it is to some others. He sees it in terms of right and wrong, black and white. Either everyone should be allowed to see a doctor sanctioned by the UFC and the athletic commissions to address these issues, he said, or no one should be allowed to do it at all.

But using testosterone injections to artificially raise hormone levels from whatever point they're at in a person's body? That, Wittman said, is something he can't support even when the levels are dropping naturally and legitimately.

"To me, if your testosterone levels are getting lower over the years, that's normal. You're getting older. As you get older in this sport, it's common sense you're not going to have the same testosterone levels as a 21-year-old man. But the big disadvantage a 21-year-old has when he comes into this is the knowledge and experience.

"If you have a 21-year-old come into this with those naturally high testosterone levels, and then you've got an older fighter -- I'll just pick an age, say, 35 -- who has lower testosterone levels, the advantages of the older man are knowledge, experience. He's seen it in all different aspects. He's a veteran. To me, that's a huge disadvantage for the younger man. Yeah, he's going to be able to go, go, go. But that's his advantage. Let him have it. And let's outwork him. Let's beat him with our experience. But if we make a 35 or 40-year-old fighter as strong as a 21-year-old, to me, that's cutting corners."

In the case of Marquardt, Wittman knew his fighter was undergoing testosterone treatments. He didn't agree with it, he said, but he also didn't feel like it was his place to tell a veteran fighter how to conduct his career.

What's more, even though he felt like the testosterone use shouldn't have been allowed, technically -- at least if Marquardt could provide proof of his need for it and get his levels down to within a range acceptable by the commissions before each fight -- it was. Marquardt was attempting to follow the rules laid out by the commissions, Wittman said. That's why, in Marquardt's mind, it wasn't cheating at all.

"Nate Marquardt is a guy who's never been untruthful with me. Everything that he tells me, and everything he told me going into this fight and back before New Jersey, it's something that he truly believes in. He went and had his testosterone checked. And when I spoke to him about it, I could tell he really believes he'd done the right thing, because the doctors are telling him, 'Your levels are low. You need this. This is why you're tired. We'll give you this and you'll perform like you're young again.' Man, you start telling a guy that, he's going to believe you.

"His honesty from the beginning -- doing these tests, asking for permission to do this -- that's what hurt him. His honesty got him put in this situation. It's so hard to watch one of the most honest guys I've ever trained -- the biggest family man, the guy who signs every autograph -- get scolded and cut and lose his career and get this brand on him, all because he felt like he was doing the right thing."

Now Wittman's fear is that the "brand" is not just on Marquardt, but also on his gym. He's never advocated use of hormone replacement therapy, he said, but by not doing more to dissuade his fighters from it, he can't help but wonder if he's not complicit in it.

"I didn't get into it. I kind of put my earplugs in," Wittman said. "I look at it as white and black, like you're still doing an enhancing kind of thing. But if the doctor okays it, does that make it right? I don't know. That's something I can't explain, but I'll tell you what I'm doing now, and that's sit down with every fighter I deal with and find out if they're seeing a doctor and for what reason. If it's anything that has to do with enhancing, then I'm going to step away."

Maybe the worst part, according to Wittman, is that as far as he can tell, the hormones and injections don't make that much of a difference on fight night. He thinks it's more of a mental aid than a physical one, he said, and when he sees fighters trying to become experts at it, he can't help but think back to boxer Verno Phillips, who used to drop weight by eating two mangoes a day.

At the end of the day, Wittman said, you still have to fight the fight, and a few nanograms per deciliter of testosterone rarely has the final say on the outcome.

"I don't care what you put in your system. I don't care who you hire to do your nutrition. It comes down to, you got two men in the ring. You might break your hand in there. Well, you've got to overcome the broken hand. You might have a bad weight cut and you still have to get the last five pounds off, even if it's unhealthy. I don't care. Those are excuses that go out the window the moment the close the cage door. You might have the flu a week and a half before. Fine. This is the fight game. This is what you deal with. You deal with injuries. You deal with illness. You deal with getting older. That's the game."

[Kemal]

Nate Marquardt Incident Highlights Need for Comprehensive HRT Policy in MMA

[rollermanskunk]

Nate Marquardt Incident Highlights Need for Comprehensive HRT Policy in MMA

Heldere conclusie:

If you get in trouble after an event -- that is, after the UFC has already made its money off you -- then your hormones are your problem. The fines, the suspensions, that's between you and the athletic commission once the fight's over.

But if those same exact hormones get you pulled from a main event the day before it's supposed to go down -- that is, after the UFC has done the work of promoting the fight but before it has reaped the lion's share of the profits -- then brother, look out. Then it won't matter that you told the UFC about it months beforehand, or that you tried to go about it in the most transparent possible way.


Don't fuck with Dana 's money...

[YoMarK]

Tja, het is natuurlijk ook niet echt leuk voor de fans die een kaartje hebben gekocht. Marquardt had gewoon beter moeten oppassen met z'n PED's, z'n lage testosteron gehalte komt natuurlijk ook niet uit de lucht vallen.