MMA Fighting reports that UFC welterweight Lyman Good will receive a six-month suspension due to a tainted product in an out-or-competition test.
According to Good’s attorney, the banned substance was in a tainted vitamin. No official announcement has been issued by USADA as of this date.
Good was taken off the UFC 205 card this past November due to an out-of-competition test from October 24, 2016. The suspension is retroactive to October 24th and thus he should be available to fight for the promotion later this month.
Payout Perspective:
The suspension is in line with Tim Means and Yoel Romero as they were both able to trace back a supplement that they took which contained the banned substance. On the other side, Tom Lawlor was unable to pinpoint the source of the banned substance that was in his failed test and is serving a two-year suspension.
USADA is turning into a joke. These guys were supposed to be suspended for 2 years regardless if they could hire a team of chemists to locate a supplement that contained what they were flagged for. It is just a loophole for fighters that can afford it.
All I see USADA doing at this point is informing the public about who is cheating, while giving them a slap on the wrist unless they don’t have the money to fight it.