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Elizeu Zaleski gets one-year ban, blames ‘tainted supplement’

Welterweight striker Elizeu Zaleski is facing a one-year suspension for a positive USADA drug test. Per MMA Fighting’s report, weeks before his bout against Mounir Lazzez, which was scheduled for April 2022, ‘Capoeira’ tested positive for banned substance Ostarine, used for treating muscle wasting and osteoporosis.

In an interview with Ag Fight, Zaleski admits the substance was in his system, but claims he did not take it on purpose. According to the Brazilian, the laboratory that handled his supplements is to blame for the contamination.

“We were preparing to fight in April. This has been going on since then.