One of the combatants of the upcoming KSW
54 co-main event is facing a major ban in his adopted home
country due to a failed drug test.
On Saturday, Quentin
Domingos is scheduled to lock horns with former professional
boxer and kickboxer Izuagbe
Ugonoh, with the latter set to make his MMA debut. Before that,
“Ruskov” will have to contend with a pending four-year ban from the
French Anti-Doping Agency (L’Agence Française de Lutte Contre le
Dopage, abbreviated AFLD). Domingos was tested the night of
hisGladiator
Fight Arena 10 bout, which went down on March 17, 2018. The
Portugal-born Frenchman went on to render Daniele
Palomba unconscious at the 2:17 mark of the opening stanza.
According to his results, Domingos tested positive for a litany of
banned substances. The contents of his results included and were
not limited to: methenolone and its metabolite
1-methylene-5a-androstan-3a-ol-17-one; a metabolite of
drostanolone, 2a-methyl-5a-androstan-3a-ol-17-one; for testosterone
and some of its metabolites; for trenbolone; and the hormone
gonadotropin chorionic. Most of these substances are anabolic
agents and peptide hormones, all of which are banned in and out of
competition.
Domingos was then informed about the results of that test and
offered the possibility to contest the results by asking the test
of the B-sample. “Ruskov” was tested again by the AFLD at his home
on May 3, 2018. That test revealed the presence of
17-epimethandienone and epimethendiol, some metabolites of
methandienone and metabolites of stanozolol, among other
substances.
Domingos was then informed once again that he could contest the
results by asking a second test on the B-sample, but he chose not
to. He was officially notified about his temporary suspension, and
awaited his hearing.
Even though he was informed about the pending hearing, Domingos
competed in several fights that took place in Belgium. “Ruskov”
went on a three-bout winning streak after overcoming Jeff
Menier, Shahab
Fatehi and Willem
Struik before losing to Damien
Losco. Domingos then appeared once again on French soil at the
100% Fight 42 event, where he forced Sead
Kahrovic to retire on his stool at the end of the first
round.
As a result, Domingos has been fined 4,000 euros and issued a
four-year ban from any professional involvement in the sport,
including competing as well as coaching. The sentence is
retroactive, and Domingos will be able to compete again in France
in October 2022. The AFLD also overturned the result of the Palomba
fight, while requesting the same for each of his subsequent bouts.
His four matches in Belgium will be unaffected, as AFLD does not
have jurisdiction over events outside of France. His finish of
Kahrovic will also remain as recorded, as Domingos did not fail a
drug test after that bout.
A
KSW official responded for comment to Sherdog, writing, “The
KSW Federation has not received any contact from any French
anti-doping agency regarding Quentin Domingos. Bans imposed by
foreign agencies and/or commissions do not automatically travel
into other countries where they have no jurisdiction and,
therefore, it is at the discretion of the promotion whether or not
to adhere to their findings. The KSW Federation was not aware of
any ban when we signed Quentin Domingos and due to the ban stemming
back over two years ago in a different market we feel it should not
affect him today.”
Domingos’ manager was similarly disinterested in the ruling,
claiming that the documents submitted by the AFLD were “fake” and
that a copy they received contained conflicting information. The
manager refused to provide Sherdog with a copy of the document they
received to compare the two. With KSW and Domingos’ team
unconcerned about these results, the KSW 54 co-headliner will still
proceed as scheduled.
KSW 54 will take place in Poland on Aug. 29. In the main event,
Mateusz
Gamrot will lock horns with Marian
Ziolkowski in a lightweight championship affair. The card will
also feature 155-pound clashes in Lukasz
Rajewski vs. Bartlomiej
Kopera and Sebastian
Rajewski vs. Armen
Stepanyan.