Two years removed from allegations he used chemical compounds to aid
in a win over Hermes Franca, Sean
Sherk is growing very, very weary of explaining himself.
“There’s still people yelling obscenities when I walk out for my
fights,” he told Sherdog.com’s Loretta Hunt. “That’s why I wear headphones.”
The wound was dug into last week when Sherk failed to report for a
California Commission-appointed drug test in anticipation of an
October 24 fight with Gleison Tibau. When Sherk injured his shoulder
and couldn’t fight, manager Monte Cox failed to see the need for the
urine sample. So Sherk didn’t show up.
If you’re Sherk -- or Sherk's management -- and you have a career
marinating in doubts over your natural athletic performance, don’t you
recognize the value in maybe biting the bullet and taking a commission
test even if you’re not fighting? Yes, the flight from Minnesota to
Los Angeles will be a few bucks. (Unless the Commission or UFC can
foot the bill.) But if the point of the test is to smother concerns
over your supplement preferences, why not just do it and avoid tipping
over a Porta-Potty’s worth of suspicion?