There are a lot of things happening in the world of MMA as of late. Let’s tale a look at some of the news coming across the feeds.

With WEC 40 wrapped up, we have WEC 41 coming up on June 7th. Can Jens Pulver pull off a 3 fight losing streak? We’ll find out as he faces Josh Grispi. That card is shaping up pretty good as we’ll see the rematch between Mike Brown and Urijah Faber as well as Don Cerone take on Richard Crunkilton.
Chris Leben is coming off of his suspension after testing positive for Stanzolol back at …read more

There has been quite a string of failed drug tests in the past year in MMA. Chris Leben was suspended and fined last year after tests showed illegal steroids in his drug test after his loss to Michael Bisping and Karo Parisyan was also found to have painkillers in his system at UFC 94. Most recently MMA and UFC veteran Ken Shamrock tested positive for three different types of steroids after his win over Ross Clifton and was suspended by the California State Athletics commission.
Despite knowing of consequences of use of banned substances, fighters are still coming up dirty and …read more

MMA Newz Uncensored reports that UFC’s Chris Leben has been suspended for nine months due to failing a drug test. The test was conducted on the day of his fight against Michael Bisping and found Stanazolol in his system.
Leben admitted to using but said it was months back and he though he would be clean. Leben will be suspended for nine months and fined 1/3 of his purse.
Stanazolol is a common anabolic steroid often used to increase strength without excess weight gain, increases vascularity and does not convert to estrogen. It is often stacked with other testosterone based anabolic’s.

This afternoon the UFC announced three additional fights for UFC 85 in London, England at the O2 Arena. Announced today were Matt Hughes vs. Thiago Alves, Rashad Evans vs. James Irvin, and Michael Bisping vs. Chris Leben.
UFC 85 airs live on pay-per-view on June 7th at 3pm ET.
The complete card for the event is after the jump…