The Nevada State Athletic Commission announced this morning that Brock Lesnar is temporarily suspended due to his two UFC 200 related drug test failures. According to Nevada Deputy Attorney General Caroline Bateman, who presented the case at Tuesday’s commission meeting, Lesnar tested positive in a June 28 out-of-competition drug test and then again, for the same substances, in his July 9 fight-night drug test.
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Lesnar (6-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) won a dominant unanimous decision against Mark Hunt (12-11-1 MMA, 7-5-1 UFC) in UFC 200’s co-main event. However, the state of Nevada has the right to overturn that ruling if they so choose.
If Lesnar is found guilty of knowingly taking Clomiphene, he will be barred from competing for two years. We won’t know the length of any suspension until after Lesnar has his day in court.
Lesnar already came under fire after he was given a four month exemption from USADA drug testing prior to his UFC return as part of the company’s anti-doping program.
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Prior to the announcement of his return to the UFC after an absence of almost four and a half years, Lesnar was given an exemption by the UFC and was not subjected to the same four-month period before a fight for athletes returning from retirement.
