Credeur Positive for Adderall, Bout Cancelled


Quote:The season finale of "The Ultimate Fighter 7" was one fight shy Saturday, after Timothy Credeur produced a positive test administered Friday for the prescription medication Adderall. A semifinalist on the Spike TV series, Credeur was to have met Cale Yarbrough in a middleweight bout on the undercard inside The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

Credeur, 30, informed the Nevada State Athletic Commission he had stopped taking the prescription drug a few days earlier on his pre-fight medical form distributed during Friday's weigh-in. All combatants are required to disclose any over-the-counter and/or prescription drugs they have taken within 15 days of their bout. Credeur agreed to take a urinalysis test of his own admission.

"We were able to find a lab that was still open late Friday and got the results this morning. Unfortunately, they were positive," said NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer.

Adderall is commonly prescribed to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Kizer said Adderall's "cardio-vascular restrictions," which include increased blood pressure and cardiac episodes, place it on the state's non-approved substance list.

Commission members deliberated the news Saturday morning, then informed Kizer that Credeur would not be granted licensure to fight that afternoon. Kizer informed Zuffa at the venue that the bout would be scratched. Credeur was informed at the venue as well.

Since Credeur did not compete, Kizer said he would not be suspended or fined. The Louisianan would be eligible to fight in Nevada as early as next month, said Kizer, granted the substance is no longer in his system.

To Kizer's knowledge, both Credeur and Yarbrough were paid their show purses for the cancelled bout.