UFC Heavyweight Ben Rothwell has been notified of a potential UFC Anti-Doping Violation as USADA has flagged an out-of-competition sample from February 6th. Rothwell was scheduled to face Fabricio Werdum at UFC 211 on May 13 in Dallas.
Per the UFC Anti-Doping policy, Rothwell is provisionally suspended pending the USADA investigation.
MMA Fighting obtained a statement from Rothwell which indicates he has been under the care of a physician and is “trying to overcome a medical illness.”
The UFC issued its standard statement when a fighter is provisionally suspended by USADA.
Payout Perspective:
It appears that we may have another case where a fighter will need to seek out a retroactive TUE due to the fact they ingested something that is on the prohibited list. We’ll see if USADA is responsive.
Second time he’s been caught. He should get a very lengthy suspension.
D it’s potential violation, he might be innocent, his past has nothing to do with it really as it was not a PED
Combining his performance which has seen a dramatic improvement and then add in the two test failures, it’s pretty obvious he’s cheating.