Federal prosecutor ties UFC's Shane Carwin to steroid distribution ring

[KTKRUKO44]

by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Aug 14, 2010 at 5:45 pm ET
Recent UFC title challenger Shane Carwin is among 22 professional athletes cited as recipients of steroids distributed by Applied Pharmacy Services, an Alabama-based organization, according to a report released Friday evening on Al.com, courtesy of the Mobile Press-Register.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Donna Dobbins revealed Carwin's name, as well as six others, during the sentencing of J. Michael Bennett, a former supervising pharmacist at Applied Pharmacy Services.

Bennett, who was convicted earlier this year, received a four-year prison term for his role in a nationwide conspiracy to illegally sell anabolic steroids.

According to Dobbins, the seven individuals named were delivered orders that contained Bennett's initials or signatures.

Carwin and his manager, Jason Genet, were unavailable for comment when contacted by MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). Genet did tell MMAFighting.com that his client plans on making a statement at a later date.

Court documents refer to the 22 alleged recipients by initials only. Entry No. 17, identified as "S.C." and "Professional Fighter," claims the recipient received Trenbolone, Testosterone, Stanozolol injectable and Nandrolone from a period of January 2006 to August 2006.

If the entry does refer to Carwin, the former UFC interim heavyweight champion fought three times on the regional circuit following the conclusion of said period before making his UFC debut in May 2008.

Carwin has not tested positive for any banned substances during his five-year mixed martial arts career.

The clinic associated with the illegal prescriptions distributed to "S.C." is noted on the same document as Infinite Health, located in Carwin's home state of Colorado.

The other six alleged participants named on Friday included four professional bodybuilders and two professional wrestlers, including former Olympic gold-medal winner and longtime WWE star Kurt Angle.

Bennett was the first of five men found guilty for their involvement in the steroid ring to be sentenced. Prosecutors made no mention of an attempt to prosecute any of the 22 recipients on the list.

[KTKRUKO44]

Kinda disappoints me if this is true.

[windmortal]

Yeah, I saw this too. I wonder how much truth there is to it?

[frizzzlecake]

Not really shocked, if convicted. Wonder what Dana would do for a penalty. I hope hes not because i want to see him smash some more face.

[OMG QUAAAADS]

Leben tested positive while fighting for the UFC and he isn't having problems getting fights, Carwin won't be punished.

[KTKRUKO44]

Not really shocked, if convicted. Wonder what Dana would do for a penalty. I hope hes not because i want to see him smash some more face.

I dont think Dana will have anything to do with it being that it supposedly happened before he was in the UFC. It will probably be the athletic commision.

[frizzzlecake]

I dont think Dana will have anything to do with it being that it supposedly happened before he was in the UFC. It will probably be the athletic commision.

Bahaha well knowing them, they will give him a 30 month ban 4 years from now...Carwin will all ready be retired.

[mayhem13]

I dont think he will get any penatly from the Athletic Commision or UFC. If foudn to be true, it happened before he even started training in MMA.Documents are from over 5 years ago...

would tarnish his reputation for sure, but wouldnt have much of an effect on anything gong on now.

[ralral33]

this is old stuff it has nothing to do with now like it says he was tested in the ufc and never tested positive so who cares lol

[Vegas]

The UFC won't do anything to Carwin, they don't suspend fighters--that's done by the athletic commissions. And the UFC has no problems welcoming back guys that have been suspended due to steroids (Leben, Sherk, etc). The UFC will cut fighters, but that's usually due to poor conduct in the cage (Daley, Babalu) or doing something embarassing (Jesse Taylor).

But as far as I'm concerned, Carwin is clean--he's never tested positive in his MMA career. So some report that he received some roids from a shady doctor 5 years ago doesn't change my opinion of him at all.