USADA announced today that four athletes have accepted six-month sanctions for violating the UFC Anti-Doping Policy after testing positive for trace amounts of ostarine consistent with supplement contamination.
Ostarine is a non-Specified Substance in the class of Anabolic Agents and prohibited at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, which has adopted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Prohibited List. Ostarine, also known as MK-2866 and Enobosarm, is a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) that is illegally sold worldwide as a performance-enhancing substance. Ostarine is not currently available as a prescription medication in any country, and its unauthorized use may carry serious side effects.
USADA has resolved the following cases, after conducting a thorough investigation and finding no evidence of intentional use, consistent with other supplement contamination cases:
Augusto Mendes, 36, tested positive for ostarine following an out-of-competition test conducted on March 7, 2018. He accepted a six-month period of ineligibility that began on March 20, 2018, the date he was provisionally suspended from competition.
Augusto Mendes fails USADA drug test, pulled from UFC Atlantic City fight (@marc_raimondi) https://t.co/52gHxev59i pic.twitter.com/sZFLVvLAEj
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) March 20, 2018
Marvin Vettori, 25, tested positive for ostarine following an out-of-competition test conducted on August 24, 2018. He accepted a six-month period of ineligibility that began on August 24, 2018, the date he was provisionally suspended from competition.
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Sean O’Malley, 24, tested positive for ostarine following out-of-competition tests conducted on September 5, 2018 and December 8, 2018. His two positives were treated as a single, first violation because the amount of ostarine in both samples is consistent with ingestion prior to September 5, 2018. He accepted a six-month period of ineligibility that began on September 19, 2018, the date he was provisionally suspended from competition.
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Nicco Montano, 30, tested positive for ostarine following an out-of-competition test conducted on October 25, 2018. She accepted a six-month period of ineligibility that began on November 15, 2018, the date she was provisionally suspended from competition.
Nicco Montano, Sean O'Malley Among Four Suspended By USADA – https://t.co/obeMnv6DoD pic.twitter.com/RbGFfVCIN9
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Source: ufc.usada.org
