Alistair Overeem’s UC 156 drug tests showed “testosterone levels below the normal testing range,” it has been reported.

The Dutch heavyweight, who was stopped by Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva in the third round of their contest, supplied blood and urine samples which came back clean, according to MMA Junkie.

In December, Overeem finished a suspension - or technically, a period in which he was not allowed to apply for a Nevada license to fight - following the discovery of elevated testosterone in a test undertaken in March 2012.

His excuse for that failed test was that he had been injecting himself with an “anti-inflammatory” mixture prescribed by a doctor for a rib injury.

That mixture contained testosterone, supposedly unbeknown to Overeem. But the doctor in question is based in Texas and is of poor repute, having been caught up in doping cases before. It is not clear why Overeem, who is based in Florida, went all the way to Texas for a doctor.

According to today’s report, the blood sample from his UFC 156 fight showed that “his testosterone total level actually fell below the normal range of 250-1,100 nano grams per deciliter (ng/dL).

“Overeem's total testosterone came in at 179 from the test, which was administered the morning after the fight at 8:25 a.m. on Feb. 3”

It is not usual for athletic commissions to report on testosterone levels and Fighters Only has today asked NSAC why the results have been released in this case. In the meantime, the logical conclusion seems to be that Overeem will now use these results to press for a Testosterone Replacement Therapy exemption, allowing him to use testosterone to bring his levels ‘into the normal range’.

At the UFC’s event in London, England earlier this month, company president Dana White went off on TRT users and said he would now be taking a personal interest in seeing that it is not abused by the company’s fighters.

He expressed the opinion that numerous fighters are abusing the process and using it to cheat, elevating their testosterone levels to high levels during the training camp and then tapering off as they get near to the fight date.

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