Med en dag kvar till lördagens UFC 217 meddelar UFC att en match strukits från matchkortet efter att USADA flaggat en fighter för potentiell dopningsfall. Det är matchen mellan Ion Cutelaba och Michael Oleksiejczuk som ställts in då Cutelaba potentiellt testat positivt vid en dopningskontroll.
Så här skriver UFC i ett officiellt uttalande om incidenten:
The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Ion Cutelaba of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from its investigation into voluntary disclosures by Cutelaba during an out-of-competition sample collections on October 18 and October 19, 2017. USADA has provisionally suspended Cutelaba and his fight against Michal Oleksiejczuk has been cancelled from the November 4, 2017, UFC 217 fight card.
USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case involving Cutelaba. Under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, there is a full and fair legal process that is afforded to all athletes before any sanctions are imposed. Additional information will be provided at the appropriate time as the process moves forward.
