LOS ANGELES -- The new frontier of anti-doping in mixed martial arts is upon us.
Former Bellator MMA middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko was suspended three years and fined a total of $10,000 by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) on Tuesday afternoon at an appeal hearing here in Downtown Los Angeles. Shlemenko tested positive for anabolic steroids before his second-round knockout win over Melvin Manhoef at Bellator 133 on Feb. 13 in Fresno, Calif.
Testing on Shlemenko's urine sample, which was screened at UCLA, showed that he had a 50:1 testostone/epitestosterone ratio.