Silva admits to ‘therapeutic’ PED usage—report

Anderson Silva. AP FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines — Anderson Silva, the former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion, will admit to the Nevada State Athletic Commission that he did use performance enhancing drugs (PEDs).

According to UFC.com, where they cited Brazilian website UOL, Silva took PEDs to help him recover from his leg injury that he sustained in 2013 against UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman.

Silva will testify before the NSAC regarding his intake of PEDs but the hearing still has no specific date.

His lawyers would argue, as per UFC, that Silva’s use of the PEDs were minimal and did not give him any advantage over Nick Diaz in his return fight on January 31.

Silva is currently on a temporary suspension from the NSAC after testing positive for the steroids Drostanolone and Androstane on January 9, and Drostanolone on January 31 following his UFC 183 bout against Diaz.

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