USADA announced that Alen Amedovski has accepted a six-month sanction for the use of marijuana above the accepted range. The native of Italy had his sanction reduced to just three months after completion of a USADA approved drug awareness and management program.
The UFC’s anti-doping partner on Thursday announced a three-month suspension for Amedovski. An in-competition urine sample came in over the 150 ng/mL limit for Carboxy-THC for his octagon debut at UFC on ESPN+ 7. The event took place April 20 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. His period of ineligibility ends Saturday.
Amedovski lost a decision to fellow middleweight Krzysztof Jotko in his debut with the UFC. He was previously undefeated after coming off of two victories in Bellator.
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Amedovski’s infraction was exceeding the threshold for marijuana use at the time of the fight. With the softening of regulations around the nation, it would be interesting to see if the UFC decides to lighten the restrictions for its use. This might not be within WADA regulations, but would be something that could be done. Obviously, the drug awareness program helped mitigate the already cut-down sanction against the 31 year old middleweight.
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