UFC Heavyweight Walt Harris has accepted a four-month sanction for utilizing a banned substance. Due to his cooperation with USADA, Harris’ suspension was reduced to just four months and he will be able to return to the Octagon on April 30th. Via USADA: Harris, 35, tested positive for LGD-4033 as the result of an in-competition […]
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UFC lightweight returns from six-month USADA suspension from contaminated supplement
UFC lightweight Mairbek Taisumov has accepted a six-month suspension from USADA for testing positive for a prohibited substance. Taisumov indicated that the failed test was likely due to a contaminated dietary supplement. Stanozolol metabolites were found in an in-competition urine sample he provided at UFC Fight Night in Moscow, Russia this past September. Via USADA […]
EPO found in Dillashaw’s USADA tests, accepts 2-year ban
T.J. Dillashaw has been suspended by USADA for two-years for a violation of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy after testing for the prohibited substance EPO. The former bantamweight champion has accepted the sanction. The 33-year-old tested positive for recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) as a result of an in-competition sample provided on the day of his fight […]
Lifetime ban issued to UFC heavyweight Ruslan Magomedov
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 […]
Loss of supplement bottle at center of Motion to Dismiss Lyman Good’s case
The drug maker and distributor in Lyman Good’s lawsuit for a tainted supplement brought a motion to dismiss his claims for spoliation of evidence last month. The UFC fighter took a supplement which caused him to fail a USADA drug test and miss out on a bout. The motion to dismiss claims that Good and/or […]