Felipe Olivieri gave an out of competition sample to USADA on January 11, 2016, prior to his losing debut effort against Tony Martin. Finally, almost a year after the original violation was announced, USADA have announced a sanction of two years due to the positive test for methyltestosterone metabolites.
USADA laid out the reasons for the delay in the announcement, stating that the Brazilian UFC lightweight underwent an appeal and arbitration process, including accusations during arbitration that the chain of custody on his sample was broken, and that the WADA lab in Rio which conducted the test was incompetent.