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WADA flaw leads to false positive for Rob Font, USADA overturns to ‘no violation’

Rob Font will not face any sanctions after the United States Anti-Doping Agency deemed that a positive drug test was caused by a non-prohibited substance.

Font, who defeated Cody Garbrandt via unanimous decision in his first promotional headliner at UFC Vegas 27 in May, was one of the names posted on the upcoming Nevada Athletic Commission’s next meeting agenda on July 7 “for possible action,” which MMA Fighting has learned stemmed from a positive drug test on May 22. The New England standout tested positive for traces of 4-Chlorophenoxyacetic acid, a metabolite of meclofenoxate, which is a substance on the UFC’s prohibited list.