A pair of competitors on the most recent season of
Dana White’s Contender Series have been suspended after testing
positive for banned substances.
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During a Nevada State Athletic Commission meeting on Tuesday,
Francesco
Mazzeo and Abdelah
Er-Ramy were handed sanctions after failing drug tests in
relation to their respective bouts.
Mazzeo was suspended nine months due to a positive test for the
metabolic modulator GW1516 and its metabolites. He was also fined
$750 and ordered to pay $157.04 in prosecution fees. Mazzeo, who
suffered a second-round submission loss to Kevin
Christian on Sept. 24, will be eligible to return to active
competition on June 23.
Er-Ramy, meanwhile, tested positive for the anabolic steroid
drostanolone and was suspended nine months. He was fined $750 as
well as $157.04 in prosecution fees. Er-Ramy, who lost to Torrez
Finney via first-round knockout on Oct. 1, will be eligible to
return on June 30.
Finally, Quemuel
Ottoni had a temporary extension extended, and he will be added
to the commission’s January agenda. Ottoni was supposed to face
Kody Steele
on the Contender Series but he pulled out of the fight just before
it was set to take place.