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Wanderlei Silva saga over, receives three-year suspension from NAC

Wanderlei Silva's long and winding road since evading a 2014 drug test finally has a resolution.

For almost two years, Wanderlei Silva has been in limbo. The former Pride and UFC star evaded a drug test ahead of a 2014 bout with Chael Sonnen, and was handed a lifetime suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for it. After a series of legal wranglings, that suspension was thrown out by a judge.

Today, Silva's team finally had their chance to challenge the commission (who the case was returned to following the judge's orders) on their jurisdiction regarding the suspension.