Charlie
Ontiveros has been suspended six months for failing a drug test
in relation to his UFC Fight Night 181 loss to Kevin
Holland.
The sanction was announced during Tuesday’s Nevada State Athletic
Commission meeting. Ontiveros was also fined $1,800 along with
$445.36 in legal fees. The welterweight tested positive for DHCMT
M3 metabolites at the Oct. 31 bout. The substance is the long-term
metabolite for oral Turinabol, a steroid that became prevalent
approximately 50 years ago and
came to the forefront in MMA when Jon Jones
tested positive for trace amounts of the substance in 2018 stemming
from a failed drug test one year prior.
Ontiveros must remain in a random drug-testing program and provide
results less than 100 picograms in order to be reinstated by April
30. Former Dana White’s Contender Series competitor Taylor
Moore was also sanctioned on Tuesday for DHCMT M3 metabolites
in relation to a loss to Danny
Sabatello on Nov. 10.
Ontiveros, who normally competes at welterweight, accepted a
185-pound bout against Kevin
Holland on less than one week’s notice at UFC Fight Night 181.
The 29-year-old Texan suffered a first-round TKO loss when he was
slammed to the canvas by his opponent. Ontiveros is 11-7 over the
course of a professional career that began in 2012.