Sean Sherk: "I'm not dodging a drug test"

By Gavin Vincent September 10, 2009Sean Sherk cannot seem to shake drug allegations after testing positive for steroid usage in July 2007. After beating Hermes Franca at UFC 73 Stacked, the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) announced that Sherk had tested positive for Nandrolone, a banned steroid, in a urine test the day prior to the fight. After testing positive for twelve ng/ml of Nandrolone, Sherk was fined $2,500 and suspended from competing in California for one year. Sherk's suspension was reduced to six months after appealing his allegations on Dec. 4, 2007, making him eligible to fight in early Jan. 2008. Sherk claimed that errors were made in lab testing procedures. He claimed that failure of the lab to properly test the vials used in the earlier, positive tests for any remaining steroid content may have resulted in his sample becoming contaminated. Quest Diagnostics and the CSAC denied any errors were made, while Sherk attempted to challenge the C...