By Chris Howie
MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer
UFC Heavyweight Alistair Overeem made major news for the promotion earlier this year when he tested positive for banned substances and was then suspended from fighting by the NSAC for nine months. Overeem has stayed relatively quiet since the suspension was laid down but this week made his first public appearance on FUEL TV's UFC Tonight.
Overeem discussed the situation with Todd Harris and Kenny Florian:
“When I had the positive test result, I didn't know why that was and I didn't want to talk about something that I didn't know about,” said Overeem, who was speaking via satellite from Davie, Fla. “By the time we researched it, I had just gotten out of this situation in front of the commission. To avoid, if we were going to do all the questions which come from the media, that's not going to solve the situation, especially if you didn't know where it comes from or what you're talking about.
“I didn't think that was the right thing to do. So we decided to do research, stay quiet, when we did have the research done we went in front of the commission and we explained our side of the story.”
“I know I have a lot of support and would like to take the opportunity to thank fans who have voiced that support, emails, tweets from people all over the world from people who say they want to see me back in there,” said Overeem. “For you guys, I'm training every day to improve my game. When I'm back in there, hopefully in December, hopefully for the title, I'm going to show the world I'm number one.
Props: MMAFighting.com
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