Mixed Martial Arts - Overeem gives opportunity for precedent
Alistair Overeem's situation provides the platform for
commissions to set a strict performance enhancing drugs
precedent.   There are a number of similarities between cyclist
Lance Armstrong and Overeem, the UFC heavyweight who on Tuesday
received a licence to fight from the Nevada Athletic Commission.
Both men are world-class athletes who have been dogged
throughout their careers by rumours of performance-enhancing
drug usage. Both vehemently denied such claims.  In October, the
United States Anti-Doping Agency released a 164-page report with
two addendums totalling another 33 pages that detailed
Armstrong's usage. Armstrong, though, still hasn't admitted his
guilt, though there have been reports that he's considered doing
so.  Overeem failed a surprise drug test by the Nevada
commission in March 2012 on the morning of a news conference to
announce a planned fight with then-heavyweight champion Junior
dos Santos.  The heavily muscular Overeem's t