UFC middleweight announces USADA test positive for ostarine

Although it has yet to be announced due to new UFC Anti-Doping Policy rules, middleweight Marvin Vettori has announced that he has been flagged for a positive test of ostarine.

MMA Junkie reported Vettori’s announcement made on his Instagram account.  Vettori’s last fight was this past April with a split decision loss to Israel Adesanya.  Notably, “The Style Bender” will fight this weekend at UFC 230 against Derek Brunson.

Vettori described having “a very low trace of ostarine.”  According to his social media post, he has been working with USADA since August.  He believes it to be a contaminated product that caused the test for ostarine.

 

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Hi guys, many of you are asking me everyday when my next fight is going to be, so I thought to do this video to explain you the current situation. It is right that you know from me what happened, that I can tell you what happened in the most straightforward way possible. At the seventh USADA test, I was found positive for a very low trace of ostarine, and since August Im still in the middle of the process of it and I’m waiting for final news. No official press release has yet been done, because the new USADA policy is to say nothing until the confirmation of all the tests, given the many cases of contamination or accidental, like mine. Since the beginning of my career I have always been a clean fighter, I have never intentionally assumed anything that could favor my performances inside the cage because I am convinced that the results are the result of sacrifice, dedication, blood and sweat. This is just a small stop on the way to achieve what I have set. As soon as I will be allowed to return to the cage, I will do it as always at my best and with only one goal in mind. I thank Jeff Notivky for helping me understand the steps in this process with the USADA and I thank the USADA for keeping our sport clean. I thank my team and all of you who follow me everyday. I have never stopped training and I will never do it, the goal remains the same. #theitaliandream

A post shared by Marvin Vettori (@marvinvettori) on Oct 28, 2018 at 3:40pm PDT

Payout Perspective:

This week we saw Polo Reyes come back from a six-month suspension due to a contaminated product.  If this is the case for Vettori, he may be facing a similar sanction.  This new strategy for a fighter to self-announce the findings puts the responsibility of revealing the information on the fighter rather than USADA.  Whether good or bad, its for the fighter to decide how to let fans know why they are out for a longer period of time.  We have seen Sean O’Malley do the same thing.  Vettori decided to follow suit as well.