Alexander Shlemenko is eligible to fight again in the United States effective immediately after a California court reduced his long drug suspension.
Alexander Shlemenko had his three-year suspension reduced by a California court today, but the California State Athletic Commission is still considering the court case a victory. Shlemenko, a former Bellator middleweight champion, was handed the suspension along with a $10,000 fine when he tested positive for steroids. That left him ineligible to fight until 2018.
Until the ruling that is, which dropped his suspension to the date his California fighter license expired - February 28th.