All Strikeforce ‘Barnett vs. Kharitonov’ Drug Screens Negative
Mike Whitman Sep 24, 2011
All
Strikeforce “Barnett vs. Kharitonov” drug screens have come
back clean, Sherdog.com confirmed with Ohio Athletic Commission
Executive Director Bernie Profato on Friday. Eight fighters were
tested in total, and all eight tests came back negative for both
performance enhancing drugs and drugs of abuse.
Featuring the semifinals of Strikeforce’s ongoing heavyweight grand prix, the event went down Sept. 10 from U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati.
Among those tested were main event competitors Josh Barnett and Sergei Kharitonov, as well as fellow heavyweight grand prix competitors Daniel Cormier and Antonio Silva. Additionally, new middleweight champion Luke Rockhold and former titleholder Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza were both cleared, as were Mike Kyle and Yoel Romero Palacio.
Barnett and Cormier dominated their competition en route to berths in the final. “The Warmaster” quickly dispatched his Russian foe in the main event, taking down Kharitonov with a trip and securing an arm-triangle choke not long after. Just prior, Cormier used a sharp boxing attack to bludgeon the much larger “Bigfoot,” knocking down the massive Brazilian with a perfectly placed uppercut and finishing him with hammer strikes.
Featuring the semifinals of Strikeforce’s ongoing heavyweight grand prix, the event went down Sept. 10 from U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati.
Among those tested were main event competitors Josh Barnett and Sergei Kharitonov, as well as fellow heavyweight grand prix competitors Daniel Cormier and Antonio Silva. Additionally, new middleweight champion Luke Rockhold and former titleholder Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza were both cleared, as were Mike Kyle and Yoel Romero Palacio.
Barnett and Cormier dominated their competition en route to berths in the final. “The Warmaster” quickly dispatched his Russian foe in the main event, taking down Kharitonov with a trip and securing an arm-triangle choke not long after. Just prior, Cormier used a sharp boxing attack to bludgeon the much larger “Bigfoot,” knocking down the massive Brazilian with a perfectly placed uppercut and finishing him with hammer strikes.
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