USADA has sanctioned Yair Rodriguez for violating the UFC Anti-Doping Policy for not updating his Whereabouts information during a 12-month period. Rodriguez has accepted a six-month sanction. At his post-event press conference for UFC on ESPN 18, Dana White was vague regarding a question came up about Rodriguez and when he might fight again. He […]
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UFC Heavyweight accepts one-year suspension
UFC heavyweight Raphael Pessoa accepted a one-year suspension from USADA after he tested positive for a banned substance in an out-of-competition test on March 4th. Pessoa last fought on Fight Island on July 26th where he was stopped by Tanner Boser in the second-round of their matchup. Despite the test on March 4th, a provisional […]
Prior to Performance of the Night, UFC welterweight failed USADA test
UFC welterweight Jesse Ronson has accepted a 20-month suspension after he tested positive for a banned substance in out-of-competition testing prior to his July 22nd Fight Island win at UFC on ESPN 14. The Canadian tested positive for the metabolite of metandienone. Ronson earned a submission victory over Nicolas Dalby and earned a performance bonus […]
UFC heavyweight suspended 9 months by USADA
USADA announced that Chase Sherman accepted a nine-month sanction for a violation of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy. Sherman tested positive for anastrozole as the result of an in-competition collection at the UFC May 13th event. The 30-year-old heavyweight defeated Isaac Villanueva via KO at the event in Jacksonville, Florida. It was Sherman’s first fight back […]
UFC bantamweight tests positive for ostarine due to tainted supplement
UFC women’s bantamweight Lara Procopio accepted a six-month suspension for violation of the UFC’s anti-doping policy. The 24-year-old Brazilian tested positive for Ostarine in an out-of-competition drug test on February 24th. The Brazilian’s one and only fight in the UFC, she lost to Karol Rosa by split decision at UFC Fight Night 157. She was […]