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Published 23:01 17 Jul 2015 BST
Updated 23:06 17 Jul 2015 BST
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Following his bout at UFC 188 in Mexico City on June 13, UFC welterweight Augusto “Dodger” Montano tested positive for exogenous origin of testosterone metabolites. The UFC has a strict, consistent policy against the use of any illegal and/or performance enhancing drugs, stimulants or masking agents by our athletes. As a result of the positive test, Montano has accepted a one-year suspension, effective from the date of the bout, for violating the UFC Fighter Conduct Policy and Promotional Agreement with Zuffa, LLC.Montano becomes the second fighter Pendred has defeated in the UFC who turned out to be on PEDS. Pendred made one of the greatest comebacks of the year against Mike King in UFC Dublin 2014, taking a lot of punishment early on before choking The Unseen Armada out. King failed a post-fight drugs test and had to forfeit his $50,000 cut of the Fight of the Night bonus to Pendred. King agreed to serve a 9-month suspension retroactive to the event and must pass a drug test before receiving clearance to compete again. https://twitter.com/Pendred/status/622163255092486145
Former UFC fighter shot dead while out for evening walk
It’s believed to have been a targeted attack. Former UFC fighter , Suman Mokhtarian, has been shot dead. The ex-MMA fight was shot in a ‘brazen’ and ‘targeted’ daylight attack while taking an early evening walk, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Mokhtarian was shot in the upper body and was unable to be revived by […]
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“I invite you and your whole team and family to Dagestan.” Derry’s Paul Hughes suffered the second MMA defeat of his career in Dubai on Saturday. Usman Nurmagomedov’s Bellator Lightweight World Championship belt was on the line in what was the top-billed fight in the PFL Champions Series 1 event. Hughes was a big underdog […]
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