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May 30, 2020
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ESPN app. Several
Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters have received official
sentences after failing drug tests.
Per
ESPN on Thursday, the Nevada State Athletic Commission has
handed down numerous suspensions for competitors that failed drug
tests. Jamahal
Hill appeared at UFC on ESPN 9 in May, and his first-round win
over Klidson
Abreu was overturned to a no contest after failing a post-fight
drug test for marijuana. He has been fined 15 percent of his purse
and given a suspension for six months retroactive to the date of
the test.
Like Hill, Tim Elliott
and Luis
Pena also were flagged in their post-fight tests for marijuana.
The substance is only banned in-competition, which means a fighter
likely needs to abstain for 12 hours before the event and up to the
post-fight drug test. The two men, who competed in May and June,
respectively, both suffered losses while appearing on short notice.
Due to these circumstances, the commission has elected to reduce
their retroactive sentences to 4.5 months each and issue them both
15 percent fight purse fines.
In addition to the three that tested positive for marijuana,
Deron
Winn was given a nine-month suspension and a $1,800 fine for
testing positive for amphetamines. Winn competed in March and was
submitted by Gerald
Meerschaert, to go on the first lossless streak of his
career.
At the same meeting from the NSAC, the commission made public a
failed drug test for prospective UFC light heavyweight Jorge
Gonzalez. On Aug. 5, the fighter known as “George St.” popped
for multiple steroids including drostanolone and stanozolol. He is
currently suspended temporarily pending a subsequent hearing.
Gonzalez was booked multiple times to compete in July and August,
but the matches against Kenneth
Bergh and Isaac
Villanueva fizzled.
Finally, Dana White’s Contender Series competitor
Ty
Flores tested positive for turinabol after his match with
Dustin
Jacoby. Flores has also been temporarily suspended, and awaits
a hearing in the future to decide his fate.
