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If I remember clearly, he got his result for a positive meth test overturned but still had a steroid test on his record. I don't think he is under any sort of a ban just fighting that right now. He both promoted and fought out of Nevada, I'm sure Nevada banned him but he staged his shows in Stateline, Nevada which is the town up by Tahoe here in California that is split in half by the state border. I'm sure he could move camp if he wished just down the road as he's extremely popular in that area but hasn't done so yet. If Nevada banned him my guess is it's not an indefinite suspension as that's unprecedented as far as I know and I know other states don't have to honor these bans. I think it's just a matter of him not wanting to fight without clearing his name. I read an article about him a few months ago probably but can't find it.

He has a fanbase though, I hope he does turn to MMA that would be interesting to see someone in what I guess you would call a prime turn to MMA and obviously he has done a little training. He would probably be the perfect guy or Cintron but Cintron still makes more money beating up on David Estrada I'm sure then he would fighting George St. Pierre as sad as that is.
Yeah physically I reckon Gilbert would do very well in MMA, he's built like a brick shit house and could knock any MMA fighter out in a stand up trade I reckon.

Have to see how good a wrestler he is and whether he's any good on the ground but I'd say he'd have as much chance as any boxer to do well.
Well I think in MMA to be successful you either have to have one really good base, or be good in combinations of boxing, kickboxing, muy thai, wrestling or bjj. If you're really good at something and just round yourself out you have a great chance to be successful and at least build a winning record. A Gilbert is as good of a boxer as you are going to find in MMA actually I thought he had some real potential early after the Contender but inactivity killed that. He's certainly enough of an athlete to round out his wrestling and maybe make an impact in MMA.