MMAmania.com · Nov 8, 2016
UFC welterweight doesn’t fail a drug test, USADA suspends him anyway
Now that’s a fine how-do-you-do.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight George Sullivan joins the not-so-illustrious list of mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters suspended in 2016 by United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
Which may come as a surprise, considering he never failed a drug test.
But Sullivan (17-5, 1 NC) disclosed a prohibited substance he was taking — by way of mislabeled product — and was immediately removed from his UFC on FOX 20 fight last July, pending investigation by USADA.
The result was a one-year suspension, as per the official website: