Josh Barnett Denies Steroid Allegations

In an official statement released today, Josh Barnett vehemently denied “intentionally ingesting any banned substances” while preparing for the now-cancelled August 1st fight against Fedor Emelianenko. According to the statement, Barnett is looking forward to presenting his case to the CSAC.

As reported previously, Luis Farias, Communications Director at the Department of Consumer Affairs (which oversees the CSAC) confirmed on July 22nd that the Commission was “still looking” at a second sample at Barnett’s request. Farias has not returned repeated phone calls requesting comment on the status of Sample B.

Barnett’s statement, written in conjunction with all of his representatives, stated that he “has yet to learn of the results of the B sample testing and he has not received any of the documentation that provides further details of the alleged positive sample despite numerous requests. In fact, the documentation that Mr. Barnett has received raises serious questions about the integrity of the sample and the validity of the results themselves.”