The man, Royce Gracie and his family who introduced the fine art of Jiu-Jitsu to the masses since his first "No Holds Barred" UFC 1 Championship win has sought out a competitive advantage in a drug called Nandrolone which is an anabolic steroid according to the CSAC results of his post-fight urine tests.
From Sherdog:
"Gracie (14-3-3) has been suspended from June 2, 2007 through May 30, 2008, and is fined $2,500, the maximum penalty by the CSAC. The 40-year-old member of the legendary fighting family has until July 13 to appeal the suspension to the CSAC.
Calls to Gracie's representatives were not immediately returned."
Royce Gracie defeated legendary Pride FC fighter Kazushi "The Gracie Hunter" Sakuraba in K1 Hero's by unanimous decision on June 2, 2007.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Royce on Roids
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aww thats sad
ReplyDeleteAs someone who loves BJJ and has great respect for the Gracie family, this is tragic. What a way to drag your family's name through the mud. I hope this is a false positive, but I'm not holding my breath.
ReplyDeleteGrow up. Performance enhancing drugs are often used and rarely detected in MMA. And who can blame them aside from couch potato idealists. The only tragedy is that Hickson Gracie and Saku didn't fight in the mid - late 90's.
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