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Nick Roehrick has accepted a one-year suspension from USADA after failing an out-of-competition urine test conducted on Aug. 8.

The UFC light heavyweight tested positive for clomiphene and its metabolite, 4-hydroxyclomiphene. Roehrick’s sanction is retroactive to Aug. 17, the date his provisional suspension was imposed. Per USADA:

Clomiphene is not approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the male population, meaning such off-label clinical use has not been thoroughly studied for safety and efficacy. Clomiphene also indirectly promotes the secretion of testosterone. Increasing testosterone, especially when combined with strength training, has been demonstrated to increase fat-free mass, muscle size, and strength in males, potentially leading to performance enhancement in sport.

Roehrick came up short in his Octagon debut, falling to Jared Cannonier at “The Ultimate Fighter 25” finale on July 7. The …

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Heavyweight slugger Azunna Anyanwu suffered a three-round decision loss to Justin Ledet, stepping in on a week's notice for Ukraine's Dmitriy Sosnovskiy, while welterweight Alex Reyes filled in on just three days' notice for co-headliner Thiago Alves, suffering a first-round knockout defeat against Mike Perry. Anyanwu now faces an indefinite suspension pending an ophthalmologist clearing his right eye injury, while Reyes will sit for 60 days after his knockout.

Anyanwu and Reyes head the list of suspensions released Monday by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission, following UFC Fight Night 116, which took Saturday night place at the PPG Paints Arena …

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Nate Diaz Blasts Conor McGregor Over Defeat to Floyd Mayweather Nate Diaz had some pointed words for his rival Conor McGregor on Tuesday.

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Round 1 The heavyweights are up first and the man in charge of the action is Jason Herzog. Mayes opts not to touch gloves and quickly delivers a few leg kicks. Crowder answer with one of his own. The big boys are throwing bombs early and often but nothing is landing just yet. Crowder lands a glancing overhand right to the head but the taller Mayes shakes it off. Mayes misses a left hook and is tagged by a right to the jaw and he stumbles back into the cage. Crowder dives into him and guns for the takedown, but “King Kong” stuffs it. Crowder drops down, inadvertently allowing Mayes to take his back. Crowder calmly slithers out of a loose rear-naked choke attempt, stands up but is stuck in a guillotine. Mayes doesn’t have it and Crowder powers out …

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Joey Davis is a gifted athlete, as his 133-0 record and four NCAA Division II wrestling national championships would attest, but he has no designs on being a mixed martial arts lifer.

The 23-year-old admitted as much prior to his sophomore appearance at Bellator 182, where he will face Justin Roswell in a preliminary bout at Turning Stone Casino in Verona N.Y., on Friday night. The prelims stream on Bellator.com at 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by the main draw on Spike at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT.

“I would like to be out of this sport before I’m 30. That’s the plan,” Davis told Sherdog.com. “Hopefully I’ll be doing something else when I’m 30. Trying something else in my life. You only live once. You’ve got to have fun. I ain’t trying to be fighting and marking my face. I’ve already got messed up ears from wrestling my whole life.”

Davis, who was introduced into the Bellator…

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Aaron Pico entered his Bellator MMA debut as one of the promotion’s most hyped prospects in recent memory, but he left Madison Square Garden that night as just another fighter with an 0-1 record.

It was far from your average debut, however. Pico occupied a sport on the Bellator: NYC pay-per-view card, and he was paired with Zach Freeman, who entered the matchup with an 8-2 record and experience against viable competition on the regional circuit. The unheralded Freeman stunned Pico with a right uppercut and quickly ensnared his foe in a tight guillotine, forcing the tapout just 24 seconds into the opening stanza. Suddenly, the hype train came to a screeching halt.

Pico was packaged with a number of standout wrestlers as Bellator’s next generation of prospects. But while the likes of Ed Ruth, Tyrell Fortune, Jarrod Trice and Joey Davis have been brought along much more s…

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Bantamweight prospect Sean O’Malley will make his first Octagon foray against Terrion Ware at “The Ultimate Fighter 26” finale.

The promotion recently announced the pairing. “The TUF 26” finale takes place at Park Theatre in Las Vegas on Dec. 1. The inaugural UFC women’s flyweight champion will be crowned at the event.

O’Malley, 22, earned a UFC contract with a first-round knockout of Alfred Khashakyan at Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series 2. The MMA Lab representative is 8-0 as a professional and has won his last four fights by knockout.

Ware, meanwhile, saw a four-bout winning streak come to an end in his promotional debut at UFC 213, when he dropped a unanimous decision to Cody Stamann. The 31-year-old Californian owns a 17-6 career mark and has finished nine of his wins inside the distance.

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Espinosa choked Urso out cold.

Mark Smith is the referee for this flyweight battle between two New Mexico-based rivals. Apparently these guys don’t like each other at all. The two come right to the center of the cage and gun for the KO, but nothing lands cleanly from either. Espinosa fends off a single-leg attempt and shoves Urso to the mat. Urso turtles but before he can spring to his feet, Espinosa dives onto him and locks up a D’Arce. It is deep and the Jackson-Wink fighter is in serious peril. Urso rolls the wrong way and goes to sleep.The Official Result Jordan Espinosa def. Nick Urso via Technical Submission (D’Arce Choke) R1, 1:23 Round 1

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The promotion's forthcoming UFC Fight Night 119 bill will now feature a flyweight contest between undefeated prospects Jarred Brooks and Deiveson Figueiredo. Brazilian outlet Combate initially reported the pairing on Sunday evening and the story was subsequently confirmed by UFC officials on Monday.

UFC Fight Night 119 is scheduled for Oct. 28 at the Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo. A recently announced middleweight contest between former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida and Derek Brunson is expected to headline the bill, with the event's main card airing live on Fox Sports 1. The event will be the UFC's sixth card in Sao Paulo.

The 24-year-old Brooks was scheduled to make his UFC debut on short n…

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One-time UFC competitor Nick Roehrick has been flagged for a possible anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on Aug. 8.

The full statement released by the Las Vegas-based promotion on Thursday regarding Roehrick is as follows:

The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Nick Roehrick of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on August 8, 2017.

USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case involving Roehnick. Under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, there is a full and fair legal process that is afforded to all athletes before any sanctions are imposed. Additional information will be provided at the appropriate time as the process moves forward.

Roehrick made his Octagon debut on short notice …

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Round 1 Jason Herzog is our referee for this strawweight contest and Masters comes right at Colleen to begin. Masters thinks takedown, but opts against is and is tagged by Colleen right hand. Masters backs her foe into the cage and lets loose with a combo to the body and head, but Collen shrugs them off. Masters closes the gap again and swallows a right fist as she clinches against the cage. Colleen pushes her opponent away and cracks her with another right to the head. Masters doesn’t care for it too much and backs away, only to get tagged again. Masters ties up the more powerful Colleen and eventually drags her to the canvas, but the Philly fighter scrambles up to her feet. Masters quickly takes her down again, lands a few punches, but can’t ke…

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Round 1 Mark Smith is the referee for this heavyweight encounter and the two giants tentatively square off in the center of the Octagon. Graves dives in and ties up the taller Sims, forcing him into the cage. After about a minute of little action, Sims lands a knee to the body but Graves scoops him up and takes him down. Sims thinks guillotine off his back, but the Baltimore fighter easily fends it off. From there, Sims wall walks back up to his feet and is quickly pressed back into the fence. “Sexual Chocolate” lands a few knees to the body, though they aren’t as damaging as he’d like. Graves powers his way through to another takedown but Sims is threatening with a kimura off his back. Sims continues to try that kimura, but he eventually …

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Rob Wilkinson will make his Octagon debut as a replacement opponent for Siyar Bahadurzada at UFC Fight Night 115.

Wilkinson will replace the injured Abu Azaitar in the middleweight bout, which takes place on Sept. 2 at Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Fight News Australia first reported the change. UFC Fight Night 115 is headlined by a heavyweight duel between Stefan Struve and Alexander Volkov.

Wilkinson, 25, enters his first promotional foray with an 11-0 career mark. The Hybrid Training Centre representative has finished four of his professional victories by KO/TKO and six via submission. “Razor” last appeared at Euro FC 1, where he tapped out Alexander Poppeck with a rear-naked choke 3:51 into the opening stanza.

Bahadurzada, meanwhile, will be returning to action for the first time since a thi…