A UFC heavyweight fighter is about to stay on the sidelines after violating the promotion’s anti-doping coverage while already suspended.
Hamdy Abdelwahab, an Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler-turned-mixed martial artist, made a profitable Octagon debut on brief discover at UFC 277 in July 2022. After transferring to 5-0 with a win underneath Jorge Masvidal’s iKon FC banner, “The Hammer” signed with the game’s main promotion and outpointed Don’Story Mayes.
However that outcome was later overturned to a no contest after Abdelwahab obtained a two-year ban from USADA. That ruling was owing to constructive checks for the anabolic agent metenolone and its metabolite previous to his UFC debut, along with a tampering violation for not disclosing the banned substance forward of becoming a member of USADA’s program.
The Egyptian’s suspension ended on July 30, however that received’t mark an eligibility to compete as soon as once more…
UFC’s Abdelwahab Set For Prolonged Spell On Sidelines After New Suspension
This week, Fight Sports activities Anti Doping (CSAD) — which changed USADA because the physique overseeing the UFC’s anti-doping program this 12 months — introduced that Abdelwahab has accepted one other sanction for his second violation.
In a press release, CSAD revealed that the UFC heavyweight examined constructive for exogenous testosterone in three separate checks on March 23, Could 3, and Could 23 this 12 months. With Abdelwahab not being knowledgeable of the primary failure and the third branded a product of residual quantities left from the primary two, the failures have been handled as one violation.
It was additionally famous that the Egyptian fighter supplied proof of a tainted complement, one thing he did not do in relation to the 2022 take a look at. Such a reality would ordinarily lead to a three-month ban, however with Abdelwahab already serving a suspension on the time of the newest failures, he’s been slapped with a six-month sanction.
With that, the 31-year-old might be eligible to return to competitors on January 30, 2025, two and a half years on from his UFC debut.
