USADA announced its first lifetime ban as a result of violations of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy as UFC heavyweight Ruslan Magomedov was issued the sanction for his second and third violations.
The 32-year old was 3-0 in the UFC but his last fight was in October 2015 as he posted a unanimous decision win over Shawn Jordan.
Previously, Magomedov received a two-year sanction from USADA for the presence of ostarine in a September 2016 test. He had claimed that he was using a contaminated supplement but USADA could not confirm this allegation. The case (along with that of Zubaira Tukhgov) were consolidated and went to arbitration where USADA prevailed.
Via USADA press release:
Magomedov, 32, received a second violation after he tested positive for methyltestosterone metabolite 17α-methyl-5β-androstan-3α, 17β-diol, as well as stanozolol metabolites 3’-hydroxystanozolol-O-glucuronide, 16β-hydroxystanozolol-O-glucuronide, and stanozolol-N-glucuronide, as the result of an out-of-competition urine sample he provided on October 10, 2018. Methyltestosterone and stanozolol are non-Specified Substances in the class of Anabolic Agents and prohibited at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, which has adopted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List.
Magomedov refused to take a sample collection from a request by a doping control officer during an out-of-competition test on February 5, 2019. As indicated by the release, the refusal or failure to submit to a sample collection without compelling justification is grounds for a doping violation.
Payout Perspective:
This is the harshest penalty doled out by USADA as Magomedov is now permanently gone from the UFC unless he appeals the decision. One might infer that his refusal to take the February 5, 2019 random drug test meant that he was concerned that he would test positive and instead of submitting to a test he decided not to do it.
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