MMA Fighting · May 3, 2021
UFC heavyweight Raphael Pessoa suspended 2 years by USADA for second doping violation
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty ImagesBrazilian heavyweight Raphael Pessoa has accepted a two-year suspension handed down by the United States Anti-Doping Agency following a second violation of the UFC’s anti-doping policy.
USADA officials announced the sanction on Monday.
There were actually three separate violations “involving his use and/or attempted use of a prohibited substance, positive tests for that substance, and evasion of sample collection” that were combined into a single sanction as noted.