Media Douglas Silva de Andrade Suspended For 6 Months; CSAD Statement

[Siver!]

Statement On Douglas Silva de Andrade

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Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD) announced today that Douglas Silva de Andrade, of Castanhal, Brazil, has accepted a 6-month period of ineligibility for a violation of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy (UFC ADP).
Silva de Andrade tested positive for the presence of furosemide, a prohibited at all times substance in the class of diuretics and masking agents on the UFC Prohibited List, from an out of competition sample collected from him on February 14, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. Upon notification of this result from the laboratory to CSAD, Silva de Andrade was removed from his upcoming scheduled bout immediately after making his contracted weight on February 28, 2025, in Las Vegas, NV.
Silva de Andrade provided a dietary supplement that he was consuming leading up to his sample provision on February 14, 2025. The supplement did not list furosemide on its label of listed ingredients. The supplement was shipped to and analyzed by the Sport Medicine and Research Testing Laboratory (SMRTL) in Salt Lake City, Utah, the testing and analysis laboratory of the UFC ADP. SMRTL detected furosemide in the supplement at a level consistent with the presence in Silva da Andrade’s sample. Additionally, a sealed container of the same supplement was independently procured by CSAD from Brazil and shipped to SMRTL for analysis. The independently procured and sealed supplement also contained furosemide at a level consistent with the presence of furosemide in Silva da Andrade’s sample.

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I'd be interested to know what the provenance of the dietary supplement was because surely this is a potential go-round for anyone wanting to take prohibited substances?

Yeah, you might get caught and suspended, but if you can prove it wasn't labelled accurately then you don't get the full weight of the law?

Question is, who's doing the labeling, amirite? I think that should become a very big question going forward or the potential is there to create shell companies mislabeling things intentionally.

Maybe it's time for approved supplement suppliers?

 

[TITS]

Douglas Silva de Andrade is on steroids.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

I don't know how CSAD does it, but I remember a few things about how USADA ran things. When you signed on as a fighter, you had to sign off on some instructional material about the dangers of supplements for athletes because of their unapproved status, and USADA had a running and growing list of supplements fighters could look out for, and they also allowed you to send supplements to a lab for testing, so the fact people were still getting to this "tainted supplements" argument was still a bunch of crap. You were guilty through negligence.

 

[Ube]

Gotta be dumb to piss hot these days

 

[Ladder Master]

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Putting a diuretic in a supplement is certainly a choice

 

[Spath]

One of the most ripped guys in the sport isn’t full natty? Just diuretics, bro?

Say it ain’t so!

 

[SamuraiBro]

One of the most ripped guys in the sport isn’t full natty? Just diuretics, bro?

Say it ain’t so!

There’s a lot of other guys on the roster with ripped physiques like that. Makes ya think.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Douglas Silva de Andrade is on steroids.

They HAVE to bust low level guys.

So they can pretend there is legit testing. Which means Jones is clean. Remember when the UFC ended the testing relationship with USADA?

That was LITERALLY how, and why the UFC could book a Conor fight, without the 6 month testing rule.

USADA said .. No chance.

UFC said fuck yourselves.

How embarrassing.

Edit.

Added a couple of sentences.

 

[maximus__]

I don't know how CSAD does it, but I remember a few things about how USADA ran things. When you signed on as a fighter, you had to sign off on some instructional material about the dangers of supplements for athletes because of their unapproved status, and USADA had a running and growing list of supplements fighters could look out for, and they also allowed you to send supplements to a lab for testing, so the fact people were still getting to this "tainted supplements" argument was still a bunch of crap. You were guilty through negligence.

The UFC provides supplements these days through Thorne from memory. Basically you can get everything sorted through the PI within reason. Not sure how that effects a Brazilian based fighter.

 

[Goat Poster]

One of the most ripped guys in the sport isn’t full natty? Just diuretics, bro?

Say it ain’t so!

Just because you don't have the mindset doesn't mean everyone is like that. Hard work pays off.

I'm just like Michael Chandler except i'm 250lbs all natty, otherwise i would be getting confused all the time.


Here are some words of wisdom by the man himself so you get inspired:

""When mediocre minds see a shirtless, fight week video like this and their first thought is that you're on steroids, you have to hit 'em with the MJ dance moves. Walk on. See you at the top!" "

""This is Joe Schmo, who's a car mechanic, telling me I'm on PEDs, because he lifts two days a week at 24 Hour Fitness." "

""Those same people won't admit that they like to cut corners and they love comfort. But they are afraid of a little bit of pain and a little bit of suffering." "

"Any sane person would say that's a feather in my cap: 'You obviously look so good or you're such a conditioned athlete that people accuse you of those kinds of things.'"


See you at the top!

 

[Tweak896]

Is this the first test failure without USADA?

 

[Rorschachxx]

I remember this dude showing up to the UFC with a 22-0 record, 90% or so of them finishes.

I was shocked it took him or the UFC this long to come together. Dude had "Brazilian prospect" written all of him.

Of course he lost his UFC debut.

 

[Spath]

Just because you don't have the mindset doesn't mean everyone is like that. Hard work pays off.

I'm just like Michael Chandler except i'm 250lbs all natty, otherwise i would be getting confused all the time.


Here are some words of wisdom by the man himself so you get inspired:

""When mediocre minds see a shirtless, fight week video like this and their first thought is that you're on steroids, you have to hit 'em with the MJ dance moves. Walk on. See you at the top!" "

""This is Joe Schmo, who's a car mechanic, telling me I'm on PEDs, because he lifts two days a week at 24 Hour Fitness." "

""Those same people won't admit that they like to cut corners and they love comfort. But they are afraid of a little bit of pain and a little bit of suffering." "

"Any sane person would say that's a feather in my cap: 'You obviously look so good or you're such a conditioned athlete that people accuse you of those kinds of things.'"


See you at the top!

That’s a lot of words to defend the athlete in question who actually tested positive for a banned substance (that is often used to mask other banned substances)



I don’t know what Chandler has to do with this. He sure is ripped.

 

[Mr. Snrub]

Is this the first test failure without USADA?

I think Walt Harris and Azamat Murzakanov are the only others who have been busted by CSAD.

 

[Goat Poster]

That’s a lot of words to defend the athlete in question who actually tested positive for a banned substance (that is often used to mask other banned substances)



I don’t know what Chandler has to do with this. He sure is ripped.

The supplement was tainted. Because you are a mediocre mind you think the athlete got to the UFC by cheating and not hard work.

See you at the top!

 

[JustBleed69]

My dog has an Rx for this lmao

 

[Tweak896]

I think Walt Harris and Azamat Murzakanov are the only others who have been busted by CSAD.

Forgot about that, damn they must be trying to save Walt Harris. Seems like a short list though.

 

[joy2day]

The tainted supplement is irrelevant. Everyone knows there are supplement companies that are reliable, and using something questionable is on you. Nothing is stopping fighters from obtaining known tainted supplements that they can send in case they piss hot.

CSAD is not a serious organization; it was setup by the UFC as this supposedly "independent" testing body, which is a joke; it amounts to an organization investigating itself. This is a token roid bust to make sure it looks like the UFC is doing something about PEDs when they aren't.

 

[xmovingparts]

The UFC provides supplements these days through Thorne from memory. Basically you can get everything sorted through the PI within reason. Not sure how that effects a Brazilian based fighter.

wasn't aware of this, thanks.

UFC and Thorne Announce Enhanced Global Partnership Renewal

Thorne remains Official Sports Performance Nutrition Partner and Official Partner of UFC Performance Institute, And Becomes Premier Partner of UFC’s Anti-Doping Program

www.ufc.com