Chris “The Crippler” Leben who was suspended for nine months after a positive steroid test is now prepared for UFC 102 to be held in Portland. His last fight with Michael Bisping in England was a loss and at the same time he was sanctioned after the fight because of steroid stanozolol. It’s popularly known as Winstrol. He also lost one-third of his UFC 89 purse and including nutrition sponsors. In an interview with MMA Fanhouse, Leben is determined to prove himself again. He wants to move on and has learned his lesson.

During the interview with Mike Chiapetta, Leben was asked why he still took steroids even if that could lead to a positive test. He said that it was intended to help him during his training but he did not expect that he would fail a steroid test since he took the steroid stanozolol 8 months before the fight. “A little bit of disbelief. It was something that I wasn’t very happy about obviously. I didn’t realize it would stay in my system for so long,” he said. He used Winstrol to lose some weight during the training. “I guess curiosity killed the cat, so to speak. But again, I’m rehabilitated now,” Leben added.

He told MMA that he already paid the price for the mistake that he has done. “I mean everybody has the desire to win and everybody’s going to do what they can to win. The bottom line is - depending on your organization - if they tell you you can’t take protein, then you can’t take protein if that’s what the rule is. The rules are the rules and you’ve got to follow them. You’ve got to be fair, you’ve got to play within the guidelines and I didn’t do that and obviously I paid the price.”

He will be facing former NCAA champion wrestler Jake Rosholt in UFC 102 although he is not his first choice in his comeback fight in UFC. “He’s a fantastic wrestler, world-class, I mean a four-time all-American, he’s a national champ. Anyone that reaches that level in any sport is a consummate competitor. Obviously you have to respect those skills, which I do. At the same time, there’s definitely some other people out there in the weight class I would have picked first,” he said.

Leben considers this fight as a homecoming since he was raised in the Portland area. Right now, Chris Leben is running his Ultimate Fighting School in Honolulu.

Meanwhile, featherweight Cole Province of the World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) is also facing a possible suspension from Nevada State Athletic Commission for a failed steroid test. NSAC executive director Keith Kizer issued a statement that Province was tested positive for Methasterone metabolite, a “designer steroid.” Methasterone was banned by the World Anti Doping Agency in 2005 but was previously sold as a legal over-the-counter dietary supplement.

The designer steroid which is also known as Superdrol is popular among bodybuilders and competitors for its diuretic and metabolic effects. Users can maintain and achieve better muscle mass while cutting weight. Methasterone is said to leave the system within 2 weeks after its use. So Province may also assume, just like Leben, that the steroid will not be detected in his system during the fight.

Province scored a unanimous-decision win over Fredson Paixao earlier this month at WEC 42 in The Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. Other fighters tested by NSAC were Brian Bowles, Miguel Torres, Takeya Mizugaki, Dominick Cruz, Shane Roller, Leonard Garcia, Ed Ratcliff and Diego Nunes. Right now, Province is under temporary suspension while he is waiting for the decision. Sanctions may include suspension, fine and the possibility of declaring a no-contest.

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