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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
"It was disappointing, but with the way guys are getting popped left and right it doesn't surprise me. A lot of times I think these fighters, you know, we've got our coaches, our trainers, people that we trust and sometimes they just say, 'Here, take this.' We trust them so we take it. Sometimes you just don't ask questions about what is it. You just take their word for it because they've been in your corner for so many times. You just take it. You don't think twice about it. You think it's something good for you. Once again, you trust them... In Anderson's case, just for me, I just think that's what it was. I don't think Anderson's really ever been a cheater. He's been a showboater, we know that. That's who he is. He makes the fights entertaining. I don't think he's ever been to the point where he's used something illegal to be the fighter that he is."
-UFC Light Heavyweight Title challenger Anthony "Rumble" Johnson gives his thoughts on Anderson Silva's failed drug tests in an interview with Fight Hub TV (transcribed by David St. Martin at MMAFighting.com).
Penick's Analysis: It's an entirely plausible explanation, but it's not one that's going to breed much sympathy from the commission. Regardless of the trust given to coaches, especially those fighters have been with for a long time, it remains up to the fighter to know what's going in their body. It comes down to them, because the coaches aren't going to be held accountable, the fighter is going to suffer those consequences. I'm not convinced in Silva's case that he didn't know what he was taking, but given others in that gym tested positive for the same substance in the last year, it's a believable story to place it on coaches pushing something they shouldn't have been.
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