Zviad Lazishvili Accepts Sanction for
Violation of UFC Anti-Doping Policy https://t.co/Lcv7AweQ4F— USADA (@usantidoping)
February 23, 2022
One-time Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor Zviad
Lazishvili has been suspended 10 months by USADA for an
anti-doping violation.
The UFC’s anti-doping partner announced the sanction Wednesday. The
bantamweight tested positive for clomiphene and its metabolites in
an in-competition sample related to his bout at UFC Fight Night 196
on Oct. 23 and on out-of-competition sample collected on Nov.
5.
Lazishvili was
previously suspended nine months by the Nevada State Athletic
Commission and was fined $1,800 — 15 percent of his fight purse.
The Georgian fighter lost a unanimous decision to Jonathan
Martinez at UFC Fight Night 196.
The full USADA statement regarding Lazishvili is as follows:
USADA announced today that Zviad Lazishvili, of Alexandria, Va.,
has accepted a 10-month sanction for a violation of the
UFC® Anti-Doping Policy.
Lazishvili, 30, tested positive for clomiphene and its metabolites
as the result of samples collected in-competition at UFC Fight
Night on October 23, 2021, and out-of-competition on November 5,
2021. Clomiphene is a Specified Substance in the category of
Hormone and Metabolic Modulators and is prohibited at all times
under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy and UFC Prohibited List.
Upon being added to the UFC Anti-Doping Program, athletes are
required to declare prohibited substances they have used in the
previous 12 months, prior to being in USADA’s testing program. An
athlete who makes such a declaration will not be deemed to have
committed a violation but, depending on the substance, will be
required to refrain from competition for a period of at least six
months and provide at least two negative samples to ensure that
they do not compete in a UFC bout with a performance advantage.
While Lazishvili provided sufficient evidence that his use of
clomiphene occurred prior to entering the program, he did not
declare clomiphene on his onboarding declaration form and therefore
he faces a violation for the presence of the substance in his
samples. Lazishvili received a reduction to the period of
ineligibility for his Full and Complete Cooperation.
Lazishvili’s 10-month period of ineligibility began on October 23,
2021, the date his first positive sample was collected.
Lazishvili’s positive test also falls under the jurisdiction of the
Nevada State Athletic Commission, which is resolving the case in
accordance with its rules.