A UFC fighter has been hit with a whopping 30-month suspension.
Mohammed Usman, younger brother of former UFC champion Kamaru Usman, last fought when he outpointed Hamdy Abdelwahab at UFC Baku in June.
His victory snapped a two-fight losing skid, having suffered defeats to Mick Parkin and Thomas Petersen.
Usman built a 4-2 record in his six UFC appearances.
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The UFC heavyweight was scheduled to face Valter Walker at UFC Fight Night in Rio de Janeiro in October, but was removed from the card.
He was pulled from the fight due to an anti-doping violation.
Usman has now accepted a lengthy suspension after admitting to testosterone use.
Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD) announced that Usman tested positive for testosterone, a substance on the UFC Anti-Doping Policy (UFC ADP) prohibited list.
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The out-of-competition sample was collected on September 8, 2005, in Coral Springs, Florida.
His admission of using the banned substance, however, came after he made false statements to CSAD, according to the testing agency.
An additional six months was added to his sanction because of Usman's attempt to 'deceive CSAD with a false explanation'.
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The 36-year-old will be out of action for 30 months. The suspension is backdated to October 9, 2025, and will end on April 9, 2028.
UFC and CSAD released a joint statement, stating Usman eventually admitted to the use of testosterone.
It read: "Usman tested positive for the presence of testosterone, a prohibited at all times substance in the class of Anabolic Agents on the UFC prohibited list, from an out of competition sample collected from him on September 8, 2025, in Coral Springs, Florida, USA. Usman was previously removed from his scheduled bout in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in October of last year due to the return of this positive test days before the event. Usman ultimately admitted to CSAD to the use of testosterone leading up to the Rio event, as well as the previous use of testosterone and the prohibited at all times peptide, BPC-157, earlier in 2025."
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The statement added: "While Usman ultimately took responsibility for the above details, he did not do so in a timely fashion and not until CSAD confronted him with evidence they had independently collected during a detailed investigation of his use of these multiple prohibited substances as well as his attempt to deceive CSAD with a false explanation.
"Under the UFC ADP, if a UFC athlete uses multiple substances like Usman did and engages in deceptive or obstructive conduct to avoid the adjudication of an Anti-Doping Policy Violation like he did, then aggravating circumstances are determined to exist. While aggravating circumstances can double a standard suspension, because Usman ultimately admitted to the prohibited behavior, CSAD determined that a six-month addition to the standard 2-year suspension for using these substances was appropriate for these aggravating factors."
He will be 39 when he's eligible to return to competition.
Topics: UFC
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