The Court of Arbitration for Sport says a Russian boxer and Romanian weightlifter will lose medals from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after failing doping tests at the games.
Misha Aloian won a flyweight silver medal in a bout on the final day of the Olympics in August and tested positive for the banned stimulant tuaminoheptane.… Continue Reading...
USADA is deviating from a Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) sanction in the case of Carlos Diego Ferreira.
The UFC’s anti-doping partner suspended Ferreira for 17 months for admitted use of a banned substance and a positive drug test for another banned substance, USADA announced Wednesday.
The NAC only suspended Ferreira for one year back in June.… Continue Reading...
James DeGale admits he once was naïve to how prevalent performance-enhancing drug use is in boxing.
Now, however, DeGale doesn’t want to participate in a fight unless he knows his opponent is clean. The IBF super middleweight champion demanded Olympic-style drug testing for his 168-pound championship unification fight against Badou Jack on January 14 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn (Showtime).… Continue Reading...
Brock Lesnar’s MMA future remains uncertain, but the results of his doping case no longer are.
The former UFC heavyweight champion was suspended one year by USADA for failing two drug tests in relation to UFC 200 in July, the UFC’s anti-doping partner announced Wednesday in a press release. Lesnar is eligible to return to the Octagon on July 15, 2017, one year after his provisional USADA suspension began.… Continue Reading...
Former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett has been notified by USADA of a potential doping violation after failing an out-of-competition drug test.
UFC officials announced the news on Tuesday.
“The UFC organization was formally notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Josh Barnett of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collection on December 9, 2016,” UFC officials wrote in a statement.… Continue Reading...
After failing two U.S. Anti-Doping Association drug tests surrounding his return to mixed martial arts at UFC 200, Brock Lesnar has been handed a one-year suspension and a fine of $250,000 by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Jon Jones, who was pulled from the UFC 200 card due to a failed test, will also serve a one-year suspension after his settlement agreement was approved Thursday by the NSAC.… Continue Reading...
Ken Shamrock’s comeback in the cage will have to be put on hold.
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) has revoked the fight license of the MMA legend and fined him $2,500 after he tested positive for steroids in February, according to public records obtained by MMA Fighting.
Shamrock won’t be able to re-apply for a license until March 4, 2017, per Texas Combative Sports director Greg Alvarez.… Continue Reading...
The boys and girls at United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) are not playing around.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight Ricardo Abreu has been suspended for two years by USADA after an out-of-competition test taken on June 3 showed that Abreu tested positive for steroids; specifically Norandrosterone and noretiocholanolone, according to USADA.… Continue Reading...
Brock Lesnar’s possible failed drug test for UFC 200 could end up being one of the most expensive mistakes of his professional athletic career. According to F4WOnline.com, Lesnar could face a fine from the Nevada State Athletic Commission in the amount of $1.25 million to as high as $1.875 million.… Continue Reading...
World super-middleweight champion Felix Sturm says his “conscience is clear” after testing positive for an anabolic steroid.
The 37-year-old German was found to have the steroid Hydro-XY Stanozolol in his A sample following his majority decision rematch win over Fedor Chudinov in Oberhausen on February 20 for the WBA super middleweight belt.… Continue Reading...
