The run for Ruslan Magomedov inside the Octagon is officially over, as the heavyweight received a lifetime ban by USADA recently.
Magomedov was handed the strict punishment after second and third violations of the anti-doping policy. He failed to provide a sample collection in February, which led to the final nail-in-the-coffin.
The 32-year-old won 14 of his 15 professional fights, including three with the UFC over Shawn Jordan, Josh Copeland and Viktor Petsa. He defeated former UFC champions Tim Sylvia and Ricco Rodriguez outside the promotion.
Below is the complete release from USADA:
USADA announced today that Ruslan Magomedov, of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, has received a lifetime sanction after his second and third violations of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy.
Magomedov, 32, received a second violation after he tested positive for methyltestosterone metabolite 17α-methyl-5β-androstan-3α, 17β-diol, as well as stanozolol metabolites 3’-hydroxystanozolol-O-glucuronide, 16β-hydroxystanozolol-O-glucuronide, and stanozolol-N-glucuronide, as the result of an out-of-competition urine sample he provided on October 10, 2018. Methyltestosterone and stanozolol are non-Specified Substances in the class of Anabolic Agents and prohibited at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, which has adopted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List.
The athlete’s third violation resulted from his refusal to complete the sample collection process as requested by a doping control officer during an out-of-competition test on February 5, 2019. Refusing or failing to submit to sample collection, without compelling justification, is a doping violation under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy.
Magomedov’s lifetime period of ineligibility began on November 5, 2018, the date his provisional suspension was imposed.
