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 […]
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Gastelum flagged by USADA for marijuana metabolites
The up and down career of UFC middleweight Kelvin Gastelum has taken another blow as USADA has informed him of a potential violation stemming from marijuana metabolites above the decision limit of 180 ng/mL from an in-competition test. The UFC statement reads in part: The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency […]
UFC Heavyweight, Ledet, receives 4 month sanction from USADA
USADA announced that Justin Ledet accepted a four-month sanction after testing positive for a prohibited substance from a contaminated supplement per its UFC Anti-Doping web site. The sanction is retroactive to January 12, 2017, when the out-of-competition test was taken. Ledet Via USADA: Ledet, 29, tested positive for 5α-androst-1-ene-3α-ol-17-one, a metabolite of 1-testosterone and 1-androstenedione, […]
Good suspended 6 months by USADA for tainted supplement
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 […]
UFC Flyweight receives one-year suspension from USADA
UFC Flyweight Matheus Nicolau received a one-year suspension from USADA . The Brazilian fighter tested positive for the banned substance anastrozole. Nicolau was flagged by USADA for an anti-doping violation in November 2014 and was forced to withdraw from UFC Fight Night 100. The flagged test was a result of an out-of-competition test taken on October […]