Cortney Casey Accepts Sanction for Violation
of UFC Anti-Doping Policy https://t.co/1nOaUFbRpY— USADA (@usantidoping)
September 14, 2023
Cortney
Casey will be eligible to fight again on Oct. 1.
Per the U.S.
Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday, Casey has been handed down a
brief four-month sanction due to her taking of banned substance
BPC-157. This product, an
experimental peptide that, according to USADA, is not yet legal
to take, is linked towards potential treatment of various
gastrointestinal diseases. It is
rumored to have additional benefits that could include
improving injury recovery time or healing torn muscles and
tendons.
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Casey informed USADA that she was taking this after learning that
it was a not a permitted substance. She claimed that it was
prescribed by a doctor to help treat an unspecified medical issue.
As she did not test positive for the substance, and was otherwise
cooperative and forthcoming about taking it, USADA determined a
four-month ban from competition would be suitable to let it
completely leave her system. The start date of the suspension will
be effective June 1, which is around when she stated she last took
BPC-157.
The full
statement from USADA reads as follows:
“USADA announced today that Cortney
Casey, of Glendale, Ariz., has accepted a four-month sanction
for a violation of the UFC® Anti-Doping Policy.
“Casey, 36, self-reported the use of a prohibited substance,
BPC-157, to the UFC on June 21, 2023. BPC-157 is a Specified
Substance in the class of Non-Approved Substances and is prohibited
at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy and UFC Prohibited
List.
“Casey immediately provided documentation confirming that she was
prescribed and provided BPC-157 by a doctor to help treat a medical
condition. After using the substance for a short period of time,
she learned that BPC-157 is a prohibited substance and came forward
about her use to the UFC. A Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) was not
applicable to this Non-Approved Substance. Casey was eligible for a
reduction to the period of ineligibility based on her forthright
declaration and for her Full and Complete Cooperation.
“Casey’s four-month period of ineligibility began on June 1, 2023,
the approximate date that she last used the prohibited
substance.”
The longtime veteran, with an even professional record of 10 wins
opposite 10 defeats, has been with the promotion since 2015. The
Arizona native last set foot in the Octagon in July 2022, where she
dropped a
razor-close split decision to Antonina
Shevchenko. Casey has yet to string together consecutive wins
since she stopped Cristina
Stanciu and Randa
Markos in back-to-back outings in 2016. Throughout her career,
she has notched wins over names like Angela
Hill, Jessica
Aguilar and Tomo
Maesawa.