Ovince St.
Preux, a veteran of 26 Ultimate Fighting Championship
appearances, has accepted a six-month USADA suspension after
testing positive for a banned substance.
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USADA announced the sanctions in a
statement on Monday. In his most recent violation, St. Preux
tested positive for 3α-hydroxy-5α-androst-1-en-17-one — a long-term
metabolite of 1-Androstenedione and/or 1-Testosterone — in
out-of-competition samples collected on June 17 and July 11.
Because St. Preux was not informed of the first positive test when
the second sample was collected, the results were merged into one
violation per the UFC’s anti-doping policy.
It was determined that St. Preux’s positive test resulted from a
contaminated supplement, which according to USADA resulted in a
reduced suspension. However, the former University of Tennessee
football player also received a three-month sanction for using a
contaminated supplement in October 2019. That resulted in St. Preux
receiving a longer suspension for his latest anti-doping
violation.
St. Preux’s suspension is retroactive to June 17, meaning that he
will be eligible to return to UFC competition on Dec. 17. “OSP” was
most recently scheduled to face Ion
Cutelaba at UFC on ESPN 50 on Aug. 5 before being pulled from
the event. The 40-year-old Knoxville MMA product has lost three of
his last four promotional appearances. He last competed at UFC
Fight Night 219 on Feb. 23, when he suffered a first-round knockout
loss to Philipe
Lins.