Credeur Test Positive for Adderall and Fight is Cancelled
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:04 pm
Credeur Test Positive for Adderall and Fight is Cancelled
Saturday night’s Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale between Tim Credeur and Cale Yarbrough was cancelled last minute by the NSAC and the UFC when traces of the prescription drug Adderall were found in a pre-fight drug test administered to Credeur according to the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Credeur informed that commission before Friday’s weigh-ins that he had been taking the drug up until about five days ago. He was voluntarily subjected to a drug test following the weigh-ins and traces of the drug appeared in his system.
“Unfortunately, the drug was still in his system and he's still positive, so he was unable to get cleared to fight,” said Keith Kizer, Executive Director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission to UFC.com. “It should be out of his system in a few days and hopefully they'll find another fight for him.”
There will be no disciplinary action taken towards Credeur by the NSAC. “We found out about it beforehand, and he was very honest with us about it yesterday,” said Kizer.
According to Kizer, Adderall “acts as a cardio-vascular restrictor and that's the main reason it's banned because it can cause athletes to have a cardiac episode with the stress they're under when they're in an athletic competition. Secondly, it can have a performance-enhancing effect as well.”
Saturday night’s Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale between Tim Credeur and Cale Yarbrough was cancelled last minute by the NSAC and the UFC when traces of the prescription drug Adderall were found in a pre-fight drug test administered to Credeur according to the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Credeur informed that commission before Friday’s weigh-ins that he had been taking the drug up until about five days ago. He was voluntarily subjected to a drug test following the weigh-ins and traces of the drug appeared in his system.
“Unfortunately, the drug was still in his system and he's still positive, so he was unable to get cleared to fight,” said Keith Kizer, Executive Director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission to UFC.com. “It should be out of his system in a few days and hopefully they'll find another fight for him.”
There will be no disciplinary action taken towards Credeur by the NSAC. “We found out about it beforehand, and he was very honest with us about it yesterday,” said Kizer.
According to Kizer, Adderall “acts as a cardio-vascular restrictor and that's the main reason it's banned because it can cause athletes to have a cardiac episode with the stress they're under when they're in an athletic competition. Secondly, it can have a performance-enhancing effect as well.”