Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir will sit out two years for a violation of USADA policy.
The UFC announced Friday that Mir, who turns 38 next month, was suspended two years by USADA. Mir tested positive for a long-term metabolite of dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT), following an in-competition test conducted after his knockout loss to Mark Hunt on March 20, 2016, in Brisbane, Australia.
The suspension is backdated to April 8, 2016, which means Mir will be eligible for reinstatement in just under a year.
USADA went into depth on its findings in a press release:
“DHCMT is a non-Specified Substance in the class of Anabolic Agents and prohibited at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, which has adopted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List.