On Thursday, former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva was suspended and fined by the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) for drug test failures related to testing from his January fight with Nick Diaz at UFC 183. The details of his punishment are available here, but what matters is how truly unusual, comical and downright embarrassing the entire ordeal was for Silva as well as others.
Here are five things we learned from today's NAC hearing with Silva.
1. This was an absurd, hilarious moment in combat sports.
This was worth the cost an entire year of Fight Pass alone.