USADA issued an official 2 year sanction to former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir stemming from multiple positive tests for a prohibited substance. The tests came from an in-competition test on March 20, 2016 at UFC Fight Night 85 in Brisbane, Australia.
The 38 year tested positive for a long-term metabolite of dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT). It is also known as oral turinabol. It is a non-Specified Substance in the class of Anabolic Agents and prohibited at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy. He was provisionally suspended on April 8, 2016.
Via USADA release:
Upon learning of the positive results of the sample analyzed in Tokyo, USADA had all previously collected stored samples for Mir reanalyzed at the WADA-accredited laboratory in Salt Lake City, Utah (SMRTL), which had also recently implemented methodology for the detection of newly identified long-term DHCMT metabolites. As a result of the additional analyses, SMRTL discovered that an out-of-competition sample Mir provided on February 5, 2016, which had previously been reported to USADA as negative for the presence of prohibited substances, was also positive for the same long-term DHCMT metabolite found in Mir’s in-competition sample.
Mir had claimed that the positive result may have come from Kangaroo meat which he ate prior to his fight.
Payout Perspective:
The results likely bring an end to Mir’s career in the UFC. It also reflects the need for fighters to be vigilant of what goes in their bodies. Mir does not recall what he may have eaten abroad and does not know if USADA would truly travel to Australia even if he were to list each meat. Regardless, the finding without any defense or mitigating circumstances meant that Mir will be assessed the 2-year sanction.
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