Khalil Rountree suspended for drug test, but main event safe

The UFC 307 principal occasion is cleared to go off and not using a hitch after Khalil Rountree was suspended Thursday.

An official punishment was handed out by the Nevada Athletic Fee throughout its month-to-month assembly, however the length will expire previous to Rountree’s Oct. 5 battle vs. gentle heavyweight champion Alex Pereira in Salt Lake Metropolis.

Rountree, 34, was suspended 4.5 months and fined $157.04 for prosecution charges as a part of a settlement settlement accepted by fee members. The fee praised Rountree, who was current on the listening to, for self-reporting the problem and being cooperative all through the method.

“I’m glad he confirmed up, and the self-reporting clearly had an important affect on the fee’s resolution right here,” NAC chairman Dallas Haun mentioned. “I applaud him for self-reporting.”

Rountree accepted a chance to talk and thanked the fee for his or her investigation into the matter.

“I simply need to say thanks guys for trying into the main points of the matter,” Rountree mentioned. “It undoubtedly has made an enormous distinction in every part that’s occurring proper now in my life. I’m simply actually appreciative of you guys for taking the additional time to look into the main points.”

The UFC had internally suspended Rountree for 2 months by way of its anti-doping program, Fight Sports activities Anti-Doping, for a Might 4 drug check failure. Rountree submitted a urine pattern that examined optimistic for anabolic steroid DHEA.

In line with CSAD, Rountree self-reported unintended ingestion of a blended complement that contained DHEA. A Might 4 pattern examined by Sports activities Medication Analysis and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL) was according to Rountree’s declare.

Rountree was first to publicly announce the failure, which resulted in his removing from the UFC 303 co-main occasion June 29 in opposition to Jamahal Hill.

By means of documentation offered by Rountree, CSAD confirmed a complement firm despatched the fighter “therapeutic mix” merchandise “with out prior approval.” CSAD wrote that the complement firm proprietor referred to as the error “an enormous oversight on our half.”

“CSAD has decided that Rountree’s actions after he decided the error, and the proof of this case, match these standards, and thus CSAD is decreasing the sanction in opposition to Rountree to 2 months,” CSAD mentioned in a press release.

The doses Rountree ingested weren’t believed to have any vital efficiency advantages, CSAD mentioned after session with SMRTL.

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