Frank Mir has announced that he has signed a deal to fight for Bellator MMA. The former UFC Heavyweight Champion announced his plans via his podcast. Mir was issued a two-year suspension by USADA after testing positive for a banned substance. Mir claims the positive test may have been a result of eating kangaroo meat […]
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Nick Diaz flagged for USADA Whereabouts violation
Nick Diaz has been notified of a potential UFC Anti-Doping Violation for not informing USADA about his whereabouts. Via UFC.com The UFC organization has been notified that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Nick Diaz of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from Diaz’s alleged accumulation of three Whereabouts Failures within a 12-month period. Diaz, like […]
George Sullivan issued 1 year suspension by USADA
USADA announced that George Sullivan tested positive for a prohibited substance and has accepted a one-year sanction for his second violation of the UFC anti-doping policy. The 36 year old tested positive for clomiphene and its metabolite 4-hydroxyclomiphene. Sullivan was pulled from his fight at UFC 208 this past February after he was informed of […]
Casey’s UFC 211 drug test flagged by Texas
UFC women’s strawweight fighter Cortney Case tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone in an in-competition drug screen at UFC 211 on May 13th. The test does not mean she took a banned substance as Texas can cite a fighter for elevated T:E levels. Per MMA Fighting, Casey had a testosterone-to-epitestosterone ration of 5.4:1. Per […]
Gastelum’s USADA suspension reduced to 3 months
Kelvin Gastelum has accepted a 3-month suspension from USADA as a result of an in-competition sample finding of marijuana. However, Gastelum will be ready to fight this summer and a rumored bout with Chris Weidman may headline July’s UFC on Fox event in New York. Originally, Gastelum was suspended 6 months but it has been […]