Sanctions
Athletes who receive a sanction for a doping violation under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy will be listed below. For more information about a specific sanction, please click the athlete’s last name for a link to the official press release announcing the Anti-Doping Policy Violation.
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*TBD = Sanction end date is “To Be Determined” because the athlete is retired or has failed to fully comply with the terms of the sanction.
UFC Sanctions List
| Name | Violation | Sanction Terms | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melendez, Gilbert | GHRP-6 | 2-Year Suspension | 07/27/2020 |
| Arruda da Silva, Bruno | Boldenone | 2-Year Suspension | 06/22/2020 |
| Ostovich-Berdon, Rachael | Ostarine; GW1516 | 1-Year Suspension | 06/18/2020 |
| Gastelum, Kelvin | Cannabinoids | 9-Month Suspension with 5-Month Deferral | 05/11/2020 |
| Penchel, Lucas | Non-Analytical: Complicity | 2-Year Suspension | 03/23/2020 |
| Penne, Jessica | Stanozolol | 20-Month Suspension | 02/28/2020 |
| de Padua, Isabela | 19-norandrosterone (19-NA) | 2-Year Suspension | 02/27/2020 |
| Prazeres, Michel | Boldenone | 2-Year Suspension | 02/11/2020 |
| Saint Preux, Ovince | Ostarine; LGD-4033; GW1516 | 3-Month Suspension | 01/31/2020 |
| Sanchez, Diego | Ostarine; S-23 | 3-Month Suspension | 01/31/2020 |
| Werdum, Fabricio | Trenbolone | 2-Year Suspension; Sanction Reduced - Eligible to compete starting 4/1/2020 | Original 09/11/2018; Updated 01/16/2020 |
| O'Malley, Sean | Ostarine | 6-Month Suspension | 01/09/2020 |
| Townsend, Dequan | Cocaine; Fentanyl | 6-Month Suspension | 01/08/2020 |
| Taha, Khalid | Furosemide | 1-Year Suspension | 12/23/2019 |
| Cachoeira Gomes da Silva, Priscila | Hydrochlorothiazide | 4-Month Suspension | 12/18/2019 |
| Nunes Souza, Istela Iane | Stanozolol | 2-Year Suspension | 10/25/2019 |
| Y Frederico Salvador de Lemos, Giacomo | Drostanolone | 2-Year Suspension | 10/24/2019 |
| Arte, John Allan | Tamoxifen | 1-Year Suspension | 10/18/2019 |
| Gatto Regonha, Melissa | Furosemide | 1-Year Suspension | 10/17/2019 |
| Branch, David | Ipamorelin | 2-Year Suspension | 09/18/2019 |
| Frota Lima, Sarah | Stanozolol | 2-Year Suspension | 09/17/2019 |
| Smoliakov, Dmitrii | Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO); Intact human chorionic gonadtrophin (hCG) | 2-Year Suspension | 09/10/2019 |
| Murdock, Vince | GW1516 | 20-Month Suspension | 09/5/2019 |
| Gouti, Thibault | Ostarine; LGD-4033; GW1516 | 6-Month Suspension | 08/27/2019 |
| Dollaway, CB | Anastrozole; GHRP-2; GHRP-6; Clomiphene | 2-Year Suspension | 08/26/2019 |
| Dolidze, Roman | Clomiphene; Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT) | 1-Year Suspension | 08/23/2019 |
| Amedovski, Alen | Cannabinoids | 6-Month Suspension with 3-Month Deferral | 07/18/2019 |
| Shtyrkov, Ivan | Boldenone | 2-Year Suspension | 07/9/2019 |
| Hu, Yaozong | Androsta-3,5-diene-7,17-dione | 10-Month Suspension | 06/14/2019 |
| Gorgees, Alex | Drostanolone; Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT) | 16-Month Suspension | 05/31/2019 |
| Ribas, Amanda | Ostarine | 2-Year Suspension - Sanction Reduced | Original: 01/10/2018; Updated: 05/03/2019 |
| Costa, Carlos | Non-Analytical: Possession and Administration | 6-Month Suspension | 04/26/2019 |
| Costa, Paulo | Non-Analytical: Intravenous Infusion | 6-Month Suspension | 04/26/2019 |
| Montano, Nicco | Ostarine | 6-Month Suspension | 04/23/2019 |
| O'Malley, Sean | Ostarine | 6-Month Suspension | 04/23/2019 |
| Vettori, Marvin | Ostarine | 6-Month Suspension | 04/23/2019 |
| Mendes, Augusto | Ostarine | 6-Month Suspension | 04/23/2019 |
| Harris, Walt | LGD-4033 | 4-Month Suspension | 04/22/2019 |
| Taisumov, Mairbek | Stanozolol | 6-Month Suspension | 04/11/2019 |
| Dillashaw, TJ | Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) | 2-Year Suspension | 04/9/2019 |
| Murzakanov, Azamat | Boldenone | 2-Year Suspension | 04/8/2019 |
| Magomedov, Ruslan | Methyltestosterone; Stanozolol | Lifetime suspension | 04/1/2019 |
| Murtazaliev, Khalid | Drostanolone | 2-Year suspension | 02/22/2019 |
| Collier, Jake | Higenamine | 10-Month suspension | 02/19/2019 |
| Maia, Jennifer | Furosemide; Hydrochlorothiazide; Chlorothiazide; Thiazide metabolite 4-amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide (ACB) | 6-Month suspension | 01/15/2019 |
| Sekulic, Stefan | Drostanolone; Metandienone | 2-Year suspension | 12/18/2018 |
| Kandare, Bharat Vijay | Boldenone; Tamoxifen | 2-Year suspension | 12/17/2018 |
| Reyes, Polo | Ostarine | 6-Month suspension | 10/29/2018 |
| Scott, Bradley | Cocaine | 2-Year suspension; Sanction tolled due to retirement | 10/16/2018 |
| Hunter, Adam | Tamoxifen; Boldenone, Methandienone, Drostanolone, and Clenbuterol | 2-year suspension; Loss of Results; Additional Results Disqualified | 10/28/2016; 09/26/2018 |
| Jones, Jon | Chlorine-substituted Anabolic Steroid | 15-Month suspension; Loss of Results | 09/19/2018 |
| Silva, Anderson | Methyltestosterone; Hydrochlorothiazide | 1-Year suspension | 07/18/2018 |
| Oleksiejczuk, Michał | Clomiphene | 1-Year suspension | 06/12/2018 |
| Nogueira, Antonio Rogerio | Hydrochlorothiazide | 6-month suspension | 04/23/2018 |
| Almeida, Junior dos Santos | Hydrochlorothiazide | 6-month suspension | 04/23/2018 |
| De Lima, Marcos Rogerio | Anastrozole; Hydrochlorothiazide | 6-month suspension | 04/23/2018 |
| Diaz, Nick | 3 Whereabouts Failures | 1-year suspension | 04/9/2018 |
| Rothwell, Ben | Testosterone | 2-year suspension | 04/6/2018 |
| Lemos, Amanda | Stanozolol | 2-year suspension | 03/28/2018 |
| Barnett, Josh | Ostarine | Public Reprimand | 03/23/2018 |
| Cutelaba, Ion | Non-Analytical: Blood Transfusion | 6-month suspension | 03/8/2018 |
| Calvillo, Cynthia | Carboxy-THC | 6-month suspension | 03/7/2018 |
| Anyanwu, Azunna | Furosemide | 1-year suspension | 03/2/2018 |
| Tukhugov, Zubaira | Ostarine | 2-year suspension | 02/15/2018 |
| Magomedov, Ruslan | Ostarine | 2-year suspension | 02/15/2018 |
| Wallhead, Jim | Ostarine | 9-month suspension | 02/6/2018 |
| De Tomas, Carls John | Furosemide | 1-year suspension | 02/5/2018 |
| Mulheron, James | Clomiphene | 1-year suspension | 01/30/2018 |
| Rivera, Francisco | Clenbuterol | 4-year suspension | 01/19/2018 |
| Penne, Jessica | Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) | 18-month suspension | 01/5/2018 |
| Moreno, Brandon | Clenbuterol | No Fault | 11/1/2017 |
| Felipe, Carlos | Stanozolol | 2-year suspension | 10/20/2017 |
| Taylor, Jesse | Clomiphene | 1-year suspension | 10/13/2017 |
| Roehrick, Nick | Clomiphene | 1-year suspension | 09/21/2017 |
| Cannetti, Guido | Ostarine, Stanozolol metabolites 16β-hydroxystanozolol and 4β-hydroxystanozolol, Hydrochlorothiazide, Chlorothiazide | 10-month suspension | 08/18/2017 |
| Sullivan, George | Clomiphene | 1-year suspension | 06/20/2017 |
| Gastelum, Kelvin | Carboxy-THC | 6-month suspension | 05/11/2017 |
| Abreu, Ricardo | 19-norandrosterone (19-NA) | 4-year suspension; Sanction tolled due to retirement | 05/5/2017 |
| Mir, Francisco | Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT) | 2-year suspension | 04/21/2017 |
| Ledet, Justin | 1-testosterone and 1-androstenedione | 4-month suspension | 04/5/2017 |
| Good, Lyman | 1-androstenedione | 6-month suspension | 04/3/2017 |
| Nicolau (Pereira), Matheus | Anastrozole | 1-year suspension | 03/29/2017 |
| Andrade, Viscardi | Stanozolol | 2-year suspension | 03/21/2017 |
| Lawlor, Tom | Ostarine | 2-year suspension | 02/24/2017 |
| Omielanczuk, Daniel | Meldonium | No Fault | 02/6/2017 |
| Olivieri, Felipe | Methyltestosterone | 2-year suspension | 01/25/2017 |
| Lesnar, Brock | Clomiphene | 1-year suspension | 01/4/2017 |
| Ferreira, Carlos Diego | Ostarine; 7‐keto‐DHEA | 17-month suspension | 12/21/2016 |
| Machida, Lyoto | 7‐keto‐DHEA | 18-month suspension | 11/16/2016 |
| Sullivan, George | Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 | 1-year suspension | 11/8/2016 |
| Jones, Jon | Clomiphene; Letrozole | 1-year suspension | 11/7/2016 |
| Edilov, Abdul-Kerim | Meldonium | 15-month suspension; Loss of results | 10/21/2016 |
| Diaz, Nate | Cannabidiol | Public Warning | 10/6/2016 |
| Jingliang, Li | Clenbuterol | No Fault | 09/2/2016 |
| Montano, Augusto | Clenbuterol | No Fault | 08/31/2016 |
| Guangyou, Ning | Clenbuterol | No Fault | 08/9/2016 |
| Abreu, Ricardo | 19-norandrosterone | 2-year Suspension; Loss of results | 07/29/2016 |
| Makhachev, Islam | Meldonium | No Fault | 07/27/2016 |
| Mendes, Chad | Growth Hormone-Releasing Hexapeptide | 2-Year Suspension; Loss of Results | 07/20/2016 |
| Penn, Jay Dee | Non-Analytical: Intravenous Infusion | 6-Month Suspension | 06/27/2016 |
| Means, Tim | Ostarine | 6-Month Suspension; Loss of Results | 06/10/2016 |
| Romero, Yoel | Ibutamoren | 6-Month Suspension | 04/4/2016 |
| Brandao, Diego | Carboxy-THC | 9-Month Suspension; Loss of Results | 05/19/2016 |
| Filipovic, Mirko | Non-Analytical: Growth Hormone (hGH) | 2-Year Suspension; Loss of Results | 11/25/2015 |
| Tibau, Gleison | Erythropoietin (EPO) | 2-Year Suspension; Loss of Results | 02/18/2016 |