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Former UFC Champion Nicco Montano Speaks Out On USADA Sanction

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s flyweight title holder Nicco Montano has issued a statement following her suspension. Yesterday (April 23), the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced that four fighters have accepted six-mon…

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s flyweight title holder Nicco Montano has issued a statement following her suspension. Yesterday (April 23), the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced that four fighters have accepted six-month sanctions. Those fighters are Montano, Sean O’Malley, Marvin Vettori, and Augusto Mendes. All fighters took supplements that were proven to be contaminated. […]

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Sean O’Malley Reacts To USADA Suspension Expiring

Sean O’Malley, one of four UFC fighters USADA recently suspended for Ostarine, will be a free man soon. Free to return to the Octagon, that is. “Sugar” last competed in March of 2018 when he defeated Andre Soukhamthath via unanimous decision. He suffered a foot injury in the bout and then announced he had failed […]

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Sean O’Malley, one of four UFC fighters USADA recently suspended for Ostarine, will be a free man soon.

Free to return to the Octagon, that is. “Sugar” last competed in March of 2018 when he defeated Andre Soukhamthath via unanimous decision. He suffered a foot injury in the bout and then announced he had failed a drug test. O’Malley wanted to expedite the process and be up-front with his fans. USADA is now waiting to reveal fighters’ cases until they are resolved.

O’Malley will finally be returning soon, and he has a message for whoever his opponent may be.

That means that UFC 239 on July 6 during International Fight Week is likely the return date for “Sugar”

An opponent is yet to be named, but we should be hearing one soon after O’Malley was given the green light to fight. It’s been a trying year for the once-hyped rising star, so a return to the cage should re-ignite his fire.

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Jeff Novitzky Hopes T.J. Dillashaw Serves as Cautionary Tale for All UFC Fighters

There are a lot of takeaways from T.J. Dillashaw’s recent positive drug test that cost him two years of his career but if nothing else it should serve as a cautionary tale to every fighter currently occupying a spot on the UFC roster. Less than six mon…

There are a lot of takeaways from T.J. Dillashaw’s recent positive drug test that cost him two years of his career but if nothing else it should serve as a cautionary tale to every fighter currently occupying a spot on the UFC roster. Less than six months ago, Dillashaw was hailed as arguably the greatest […]

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Sean O’Malley, Nicco Montano Among Four Sanctioned By USADA

Sean O’Malley, Nicco Montano, Marvin Vettori, and Augusto Mendes have been handed their sanctions by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). All four fighters tested positive for ostraine following out-of-competition drug tests. The supplements that…

Sean O’Malley, Nicco Montano, Marvin Vettori, and Augusto Mendes have been handed their sanctions by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). All four fighters tested positive for ostraine following out-of-competition drug tests. The supplements that each competitor took were found to be contaminated. Therefore, all fighters were given six-month sanctions. O’Malley, Vettori and Mendes have already […]

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UFC Heavyweight Walt Harris Suspended By USADA

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight Walt Harris has accepted a sanction under the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Back in Dec. 2018, Harris took on Andrei Arlovski at UFC 232 in Las Vegas. “The Big Ticket” was initially awarde…

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight Walt Harris has accepted a sanction under the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Back in Dec. 2018, Harris took on Andrei Arlovski at UFC 232 in Las Vegas. “The Big Ticket” was initially awarded a split decision win. News broke that Harris was flagged for LGD4033, which is in the same […]

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Walt Harris Accepts USADA Suspension From Tainted Supplement

UFC heavyweight Walt Harris has accepted a USADA sanction after testing positive for a prohibited substance in a contaminated supplement. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Greg Rosenstein. Harris last competed at UFC 232 from Anaheim, California, in December. There, he beat former champ Andrei Arlovski in his biggest-ever win in mixed martial arts […]

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UFC heavyweight Walt Harris has accepted a USADA sanction after testing positive for a prohibited substance in a contaminated supplement.

The news was first reported by ESPN’s Greg Rosenstein.

Harris last competed at UFC 232 from Anaheim, California, in December. There, he beat former champ Andrei Arlovski in his biggest-ever win in mixed martial arts (MMA). However, the celebration was short-lived.

Harris tested positive for banned substance LGD-4033 in a post-fight drug test. The fight’s result was changed to a no contest.

That’s obviously a terrible result, but Harris was thankfully able to prove the positive test from a tainted supplement. As a result, Harris has accepted a four-month suspension from USADA, a much shorter ban than normal after he was exonerated.

He is eligible to compete at UFC Ottawa on May 4.






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