Josh Barnett became the first UFC athlete to win an appeal through the UFC Anti-Doping Policy as a the opinion issued on Friday gave the heavyweight “no period of ineligibility.” He only received a public reprimand but no suspension for the flagged drug test. Josh Barnett wins USADA Arbitration by JASONCRUZ206 on Scribd Barnett tested […]
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Bantamweight flagged for potential USADA violation
UFC bantamweight Augusto Mendes has been notified by USADA regarding a potential violation from an out-of-competition sample collected on March 7, 2018. His upcoming fight with Merab Dvalishvili at UFC Fight Night 128 has been scrapped. Per the UFC.com web site: The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed […]
Calvillo claims loss of Body Armor sponsorship after positive test for marijuana
Cynthia Calvillo claims that Body Armor dropped her as a sponsor as a result of her drug-test failure for marijuana at UFC 219. Calvillo is serving a 6 month suspension from USADA and was given an additional 3 months from the Nevada Athletic Commission for the infraction. In an interview Monday on The MMA Hour, […]
NAC give Calvillo 3 more months in addition to USADA suspension
Cynthia Calvillo received an additional three-month suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission per MMA Junkie. She was fined 15 percent of her disclosed $41,000 purse ($6,150) in addition to $436.08 in attorney’s fees. USADA suspended Calvillo six-months for an in-competition drug test at UFC 219 that revealed marijuana metabolites in excess of the allowable […]
Ion Cutelaba accepts 6-month USADA suspension for ozone therapy
Ion Cutelaba has been suspended 6 months by USADA after declaring the use of an alternative therapeutic treatment that is prohibited under certain routes of administration. Via USADA release: Cutelaba, 24, declared the use of ozone therapy on his doping control paperwork during out-of-competition tests conducted on October 18, 2017, and October 19, 2017. Ozone […]