5thRound.com - UFC news, play-by-play results, video interviews, rumors · Aug 5, 2016
Melvin Guillard Suspended One Year After Failed Drug Test
Melvin Guillard’s (pictured) first win in over two years was short-lived. On Friday, the Kansas Athletic Commission suspended the troubled lightweight after flunking a drug test for “a non-performance enhancing banned substance.”Guillard was also fined $10,000 and will have last month’s knockout victory over David Rickels at Bellator 159 will be overturned to a no contest.
“The KAC learned of the results August 3, 2016, and Guillard’s suspension will be applied retroactively to July 22, 2016,” the KAC expressed in a statement. “All fighters licensed by the KAC are subject to random drug testing and must follow the world anti-doping (WADA) code.”