Reem @ 141 in Jepoardy

The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) will convene later today in Las Vegas (Dec. 12, 2011) to discuss a litany of combat sports related topics.

Chief among them is Alistair Overeem, who is on today's agenda for, well, that remains to be seen. The mixed martial arts community has been abuzz since "Demolition Man" flew back to Holland earlier this month to care for his cancer-stricken mother.

Overeem, of course, is scheduled to headline the UFC 141 pay-per-view (PPV) event opposite Brock Lesnar at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Dec. 30, in a contest that is widely recognized as a number one contender's bout, designed to produce the next challenger for reigning division champion, Junior dos Santos.

While rumors are running rampant, it could be as simple as "The Reem" getting his official license to compete. Or it could be something that directly impacts the promotion's year-end fight card.

That's where we come in.

MMAmania.com will provide live updates and breaking news from today's meeting between Overeem and the NSAC beginning at 6 p.m. ET, right here, after the jump.

http://www.mmamania.com/2011/12/12/2630569/ufc-141-overeem-lesnar-nsac-drug-test-license

Mir said he will step in setting up Mir vs Lesnar 3 if needed.

Mir vs Brock 3 is going down. UFC is setting us up here just to make an extra buck.

Reem meets in a couple of hours with NSAC

Whole thing seems kind of weird but the fight will be still be on barring anything crazy

Sounds like Reem has a conditional license as long as a test he took a week ago came back clean

Oop never mind they turned it down

More discussion upcoming

FUCK

gulp

Sounds like he did a bunch of tests for NSAC the past month, multiple blood and supervised urine tests.

That will be seven tests in a two month span once the fight is over, sheesh, you would think he was found with a duffle bag full of unidentifiable narcotics and sharp pokey needle like sticks or something.

Wait what the hell happened ?

Man, they really want to bust him.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/12/12/2631525/alistair-overeem-receives-conditional-license-to-face-brock-lesnar-at

Alistair Overeem Receives 'Conditional License' to Face Brock Lesnar at UFC 141

Early on in the Nevada State Athletic Commission meeting today we got an ominous sign that something may be up with Alistair Overeem's licensing status. During a discussion about the success of out-of-competition drug testing, following up on a July 2010 meeting, They mentioned that the two most recent men asked to take a test were Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem.

Lesnar, they said, went to a hospital and took his test. Then they said that they would "discuss him later."

Overeem was eventually sworn in to answer questions.

He was notified on November 17 that he would need to take a random out of competition test, the commission did not hear back from Overeem's camp for five days. Then Overeem took a blood test on the 23rd but the test they were looking for was urine. He didn't actually take a urine test until December 7th, but that test was administered by his own private doctor, not by a testing facility which the commission did not care for.

Overeem said that he felt he did things in a quick manner. The commission grilled him over his timeline, asking why he didn't notify the UFC that he was leaving the country and why he didn't get the test done more quickly.

Overeem continued to pin the issues on his assistants, saying he was getting tested within a day each time his assistants told him he needed to and that his assistants are the ones who talk to the UFC. His assistant said that he works another full time job and isn't familiar with the Athletic Commission procedures and simply did the best that he could.

One of the biggest moments on the call was when Overeem said that he purchased the plane ticket to fly to see his mother on the 15th, two days prior to the request for testing. That made it appear that he did not jump the next flight to avoid the test.

In the end, the commission felt that his descriptions of the situations he dealt with were satisfactory for a license with some exceptions:

The test done by his doctor on the 7th of December is not sufficient. He will need to retest within 72 hours somewhere in the UK or elsewhere at a location of NSAC's choosing.
Overeem must drop another urine sample when he lands in the United States.
Overeem will be tested randomly twice over six months following the UFC 141 card.

So again, after much deliberation and a fishy timeline, it appears that the fight with Brock Lesnar will go on.

Ahh ok now I understand, thanks Freak.

Expect Overeem to get smaller in the incoming months..

I smell a poll...

killerofchicken wrote:

I smell a poll...

From what I hear you do more than smell poll(e)s.

Ludo wrote:

killerofchicken wrote:

I smell a poll...

From what I hear you do more than smell poll(e)s.

Ludo wrote:

killerofchicken wrote:

I smell a poll...

From what I hear you do more than smell poll(e)s.

Oooooooooo that's a good 1!

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/12/20/2649560/ufc-141-alistair-overeems-drug-test-results-clean-brock-lesnar
We were told to expect Overeem's test results back today and now Dana White has tweeted out:



@danawhite
Dana White Overeem is ready to go!!! Lesnar vs Overeem is on!
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