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 […]
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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 […]
Smith talks Project Spearhead in SBJ article
The Sports Business Journal reports on Leslie Smith and her efforts to organize UFC fighters with Project Spearhead. The effort “by fighters, for fighters,” seeks to collect enough signatures by fighters to obtain an National Labor Relations Board vote to determine the fighter employment states. Via SBJ: In order for the NLRB to look at […]
Cro Cop’s end around his USADA drug suspension
Should Cro Cop have served his USADA suspension in full? Bellator announced that Mirko Cro Cop would be facing Roy Nelson at Bellator 200 in London on May 25th. Cro Cop “retired” in November 2015 in lieu of serving a two-year ban for violations of the UFC’s anti-doping program. Cro Cop admitted to the use, […]
USADA issues 6 month sanction for Calvillo
Cynthia Calvillo has accepted a six-month suspension from USADA for testing over the limit for marijuana in an in-competition test from UFC 219. Her suspension may be reduced if the strawweight completes a USADA-approved drug awareness and management program. The 30-year-old lost a close decision to Carla Esparza on December 30th. Her in-competition drug test […]