Anderson Silva has issued a statement denying any wrong doing in connection with the out-of-coming out of the incident is why the legendary MMA practitioner was allowed to fight despite the results of his substance testing.

Daniel Eichner, executive director of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited Sports Medicine Research & Testing Laboratory (SMRTL) offers his take saying it is the nature of the testing process, Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports reports.

Silva was given a surprise drug test 22 days before his UFC 183 fight. The results only came back three days after the event made $4.5 million at the gate, which gave rise to even more conspiracy theorists, especially after Jon Jones was also allowed to fight after testing positive for cocaine before UFC 182.

"We're independent and we have no knowledge of who is getting tested when," Eichner told Yahoo Sports.

"It's important to remember that the analyst only sees a sample number and has no idea whether it corresponds to any particular athlete or any particular event. If there is an event coming up and we get a sample from an athlete in that event, that analyst would have zero idea that that's what this is."

Eichner emplasizes that the process can be a lengthy one because they don't want to expedite the process at the expense of accuracy.

"Would we like to get the reports out before an event? Of course. But think of the Olympic movement: You strip people of gold medals. You don't stop them from racing. Sometimes these things take longer and then you have to go back and sanction after the fact," he added.

Silva tested positive for drostanolone and methyltestosterone.

Travis Tygart, chief executive officer of the United States Anti-Doping Agency said "Methyl-T would be a potent performance enhancer, particularly in combat sport," Yahoo Sports said in a separate report.