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The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has released the following statement on Brad Scott: “The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed athlete Bradley Scott of a potential Anti-Doping Policy vi…
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has released the following statement on Brad Scott: “The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed athlete Bradley Scott of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an in-competition sample collected on May 27, 2018. USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will […]
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Junior dos Santos has spoken on what his past issue with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) was about. Last year, dos Santos was supposed to meet Francis Ngannou at UFC 215. Those plans went awry when “Cigano” was flagged by USADA stemming…
Junior dos Santos has spoken on what his past issue with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) was about. Last year, dos Santos was supposed to meet Francis Ngannou at UFC 215. Those plans went awry when “Cigano” was flagged by USADA stemming from an out-of-competition sample. After an investigation, USADA determined that the “compounding pharmacies” […]
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Ahead of his UFC return, Junior Dos Santos discussed his opponent as well as his issues with USADA:
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Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior ‘Cigano’ Dos Santos is scheduled to make his return to action against former World Series of Fighting (WSOF) titleholder Blagoy Ivanov in the main event of UFC Fight Night 133 on July 14 in Boise, Idaho.
For Dos Santos, this will be his first Octagon appearance since being finished by champion Stipe Miocic at UFC 211 in May 2017. He was scheduled to take on Francis Ngannou late last year, but he was flagged by USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) for a potential anti-doping violation.
In the end, it turned out that the positive test stemmed from a contaminated supplement, but proving that wasn’t necessarily a smooth process:
“I thought, with USADA’s experience and their understanding, that they would be able to say what was a contamination and what wasn’t,” Dos Santos told MMAjunkie. “Not just because of the substance, but the amount, as well. But that’s not how it happened.”
Once this was proven, Dos Santos agreed to accept a six-month retroactive suspension that allowed him to compete immediately. Now looking ahead, Dos Santos admits that he didn’t know much about Ivanov when he accepted the bout, but rather that he was focused on himself and moving passed a tough chapter in his career:
“I’m not overlooking Blagoy, he was a champion in another organization, but honestly I didn’t even take anything about him into consideration,” Dos Santos said. “The only things I took into consideration were the ones about myself. …
“The most important thing is getting the car moving. Making things happen for me again and leave all this negative stuff in the past.”
And while he will indeed move on, Dos Santos, like many other fighters, feel as if the USADA process and the process that follows a failed test needs to be improved:
“We need to discuss this more,” Dos Santos said. “We need to bring this subject to light so it doesn’t happen anymore. Because fighting is our life. It’s all that we do. Imagine, for instance, a case in which the person can’t defend themselves and get a longer suspension.
“This is an entire life on hold. This can’t happen. This is a very serious subject, so it’s important that we discuss it more and more.”
What do you make of Dos Santos’ comments?
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The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has suspended UFC light heavyweight Michal Oleksiejczuk for one-year after testing positive for the banned substance clomiphene in December. Clomiphene is an anti-estrogen agent. Previously, Oleksiejczuk was…
The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has suspended UFC light heavyweight Michal Oleksiejczuk for one-year after testing positive for the banned substance clomiphene in December. Clomiphene is an anti-estrogen agent. Previously, Oleksiejczuk was already suspended by the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) for one-year and had his unanimous decision win over Khalil Rountree from UFC 219 in December overturned to a No […]
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It seems as if Jon Jones’ future may be decided soon:
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It’s been almost a year since Jon Jones last competed.
The troubled former UFC light heavyweight champion hasn’t competed since UFC 214 last July where he reclaimed his 205-pound title with a brutal TKO victory over Daniel Cormier. The result was later changed to a no-contest and Jones was once again stripped of his title, however, when it was revealed that he had tested positive for the steroid Turinabol.
Earlier this year, Jones appeared before the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) where he was ultimately fined $205,000 and had his licensed to fight in the state revoked.
“Bones”, however, is still facing a punishment from the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and that punishment could be a four-year suspension given that Jones is a second-time offender. The third-party testing organization has yet to make a decision, but one of Jones’ manager recently said that it should be coming:
“It’s complicated,” Abe Kawa said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “USADA does a very good job. People are banging on them and hating on them. There’s things I do not agree with with USADA. I’ve told them behind closed doors things I don’t agree with. But USADA does a very good job. They’ve done a very good job cleaning up the sport. It’s imperative that they get this right. It’s imperative that they get this case right, because of who Jon is. And I think they’re doing the best they can to get it right. With that being said, I’m confident that we will have a decision soon. I just don’t want to put a date on it and say, it’s gonna come down at this time, it’s gonna come at that time.
“There is a decision coming and it’s hopefully sooner rather than later.”
As far as Jones himself goes, Kawa implied that the former champion is in a positive place expecting to fight again at some point:
“He’s in a good place,” Kawa said. “He’s anxious to get back more than anything. People you say you get that itch — he’s got an itch, man. It’s bad. I actually feel bad for the next guy that fights him. I really do. Not saying he’s going to take it all out on him. But he’s sharpening his tools to where you thought he was good before, wait until you see him now.”
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Fabricio Werdum has spoken out following his U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) flag. Werdum was scheduled to take on Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Moscow in September. Those plans appear to have been quickly derailed after “Vai Cavalo” was flagged f…
Fabricio Werdum has spoken out following his U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) flag. Werdum was scheduled to take on Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Moscow in September. Those plans appear to have been quickly derailed after “Vai Cavalo” was flagged for a potential violation of the anti-doping policy. The news comes just after Werdum was rewarded with […]
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