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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has lost yet another fighter to the banned substance Ostarine, thanks to a recent suspension handed down by United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) to lightweight veteran Thibault Gouti.
Gouti, 32, flunked an out-of-competition drug test last March, blaming a tainted supplement used as part of his training regimen. USADA was able to independently verify the product in question was indeed contaminated, leading to a reduced suspension.
“Following notification of his positive test, Gouti provided USADA with information about a dietary supplement product he used for two days before returning it to the store when he realized that ostarine was listed on the label,” the USADA statement read. “Subsequent analysis conducted on both the open and independently sourced, unopened containers of the product by the WADA-accredited laboratory in Salt Lake City, Utah, indicated that the product also contained LGD-4033 and GW1516, which were not listed on the label.”
It’s been a rough couple of years for Gouti (12-5), who has just one victory in six trips to the Octagon. That’s a far cry from his undefeated run on the International circuit, where he racked up 11 straight wins before coming up short on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 22.
Ostarine was also responsible for the recent downfall of bantamweight sensation Sean O’ Malley, as well as former UFC women’s flyweight champion Nicco Montano, Augusto Mendes, and Marvin Vettori, who were all sat for six months.
Heavyweight bruiser Josh Barnett, however, was able to escape the “big, unwieldy animal.”