Sean Sherk pulls a Nick Diaz and skips drug test

Former UFC champion, and extremely muscular lightweight Sean Sherk has pulled out of his fight with Gleison Tibau. Josh Neer has filled in his spot to fight Tibau at UFC 104.

Injuries are common, so there’s  no surprise that Sherk had to pull out of a fight. But, once you learn that Sherk claims he was injured only after he was schedule to take a pre-fight drug test for the CSAC, it starts to look a little suspicious.

Dave Meltzer has all the details:

Word of the injury got out on the evening of 9/2, a few hours after he was scheduled to take a random drug test by the California State Athletic Commission. He didn’t get on the flight to California and when he no-showed, UFC informed the commission that Sherk was injured and was off the card. Sherk won’t be penalized for missing the scheduled test because he let his license expire in California. Last week, the CSAC informed the UFC about Sherk being picked to be random drug tested and it was agreed he’d come into California on 9/2 since he had to get all his medicals taken care of to get a license since his last license expired.

Sherk, found guilty of taking steroids in the past, will now be facing allegations that he  ducked a drug test and pulled out of a fight to avoid a medical suspension. It wouldn’t be such a big deal if he was acting like Nick Diaz, who pulled a similar stunt and skipped a drug test before his Strikeforce fight against Jay Hieron not long ago, and admitted to taking substances that were deemed illegal by the MMA state athletic commissions. But, that’s not the case at all here as Sherk has always argued his innocence. He even hired Harold Jacobs, the prominent lawyer who has helped other athletes escape lengthier suspensions to help him in the past. During his July 2007 fight against Hermes Franca, traces of Nandrolone, a steroid, were found his system and he was suspended for a year and stripped of his lightweight belt.

So, does Sherk think he’s fooling anyone?