UFC heavyweight Raphael Pessoa suspended two years for anti-doping violation
May 3, 2021
USADA officials announced the suspension on Monday.
“Pessoa Nunes, 32, tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and its metabolites chlorothiazide and 4-amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide (ACB) as the result of urine samples collected out-of-competition on February 9, 2021, February 15, 2021, February 16, 2021, and March 4, 2021. HCTZ is a Specified Substance in the class of Diuretics and Masking Agents and is prohibited at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy and UFC Prohibited List. Because Pessoa Nunes was not yet notified of the positive tests until after all four samples were collected, they were treated as a single second violation,” read the USADA statement.
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Brazilian heavyweight Raphael Pessoa has accepted a two-year suspension handed down by the United States Anti-Doping Agency following a second violation of the UFC’s anti-doping policy.
USADA officials announced the sanction on Monday.
There were actually three separate violations “involving his use and/or attempted use of a prohibited substance, positive tests for that substance, and evasion of sample collection” that were combined into a single sanction as noted.
“Pessoa Nunes, 32, tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and its metabolites chlorothiazide and 4-amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide (ACB) as the result of urine samples collected out-of-competition on February 9, 2021, February 15, 2021, February 16, 2021, and March 4, 2021,” USADA officials wrote in a statement. “HCTZ is a Specified Substance in the class of Diuretics and Masking Agents and is pr
Brenda Martinez Accepts No Fault Finding After Testing Positive For Banned Substance
USADA Press Release
December 29, 2020
Colorado Springs, Colo. – USADA announced today that Brenda Martinez, of Big Bear, Calif., an athlete in the sport of track and field, has tested positive for a prohibited substance, which was determined to have been ingested by her without fault or negligence. As a result, Martinez will not face a period of ineligibility for her positive test.
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