Following several months of delays, former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva submitted to a full disciplinary hearing before the Nevada Athletic Commission on Thursday. The NAC handed Silva a one-year suspension from the date of the fight, changed the outcome of Silva’s victory over Nick Diaz to a no contest, stripped him of his $200,000 win bonus, fined him 30 percent of his $600,000 show purse, required reimbursement of the attorney general’s office expenses, required reimbursement of the drug testing costs, and required a clean drug test as a prerequisite for applying for a license after his suspension is fulfilled. Silva was before the commission due to his failure of two drug tests related to his Jan. 31 comeback fight against Diaz at UFC 183 in Las Vegas. He tested positive for two steroids – Drostonalone and Androstane – at a Jan
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Anderson Silva Suspended for One Year and Fined $380,000 – MMA Weekly