UFC heavyweight Marcos
Rogerio de Lima can’t get out of his personal method.
On Thursday, Fight Sports activities Anti-Doping (CSAD) introduced
by way of the UFC that Rogerio de Lima had failed a drug check out of
competitors on Jan. 13. The Brazilian examined optimistic for
anastrozole, a hormone modulator, that’s prohibited always
by the drug testing company. It’s the second time he has examined
optimistic for this substance, first getting flagged in 2017 for the
similar factor. As that is his second doping violation on the roster,
he has been suspended for one 12 months, and might be allowed to compete
once more beginning Jan. 24, 2026.
Rogerio de Lima reportedly cooperated absolutely with the investigation,
offering samples, placing the company involved together with his doctor
and different issues. He said that the substance is used to deal with a
medical situation, however he by no means sought out a therapeutic use
exemption to be permitted to take it. Due to this reasoning,
CSAD handed down a lighter sentence than most offenders, setting it
at a six-month interval. Because it was his second time violating drug
testing insurance policies, that point was doubled to 12 months.
The assertion
from CSAD reads as follows:
“Fight Sports activities Anti-Doping (CSAD) introduced right this moment that Marcos
Rogerio de Lima, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, has accepted a one-year
interval of ineligibility for a violation of the UFC Anti-Doping
Coverage (UFC ADP).
“De Lima examined optimistic for the presence of Anastrozole, a
prohibited always substance within the class of Hormone and
Metabolic Modulators on the UFC Prohibited Record from an out of
competitors pattern collected from him on January 13, 2025. De Lima
submitted in depth medical documentation confirming a medical
situation which necessitated the prescribed remedy of
anastrozole. Anastrozole was clearly listed on the label’s listed
ingredient of the prescribed, compounded substance that he
consumed. Nevertheless, De Lima neither checked on the prohibited standing
himself of the prescription earlier than utilizing it, nor contacted anybody
throughout the UFC Anti-Doping Compliance Group for assist to examine the
standing of the prescription. Moreover, that is De Lima’s second
violation underneath the UFC ADP, the primary arising from a contaminated
complement he obtained and consumed from a compounding pharmacy in
Brazil in 2017. Of significance on this case, his 2017 violation was
additionally for the presence of Anastrozole in his system.
“However the above details on this case, De Lima absolutely
cooperated with CSAD’s investigation, together with submitting to a
detailed interview and giving CSAD express consent to contact his
prescribing doctor in Brazil. De Lima’s doctor supplied CSAD
with a proof of De Lima’s medical examination and analysis,
together with medical documentation and imaging, and particulars of the
prescribed remedy. The data and statements obtained by CSAD
confirmed that De Lima was trying to deal with a medical situation
and his use of Anastrozole successfully handled his situation as
supposed.
“Underneath the UFC ADP, CSAD evaluates every case and might cut back durations
of ineligibility primarily based on the athlete’s diploma of fault and their
stage of cooperation. Whereas De Lima’s did not do his due
diligence earlier than consuming the product containing Anastrozole, the
medical data confirmed that he went to his doctor to deal with a
medical situation, he was not looking for an athletic efficiency
benefit and easily did not examine on the standing of the
medicine and search a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) for his use
of Anastrozole. Moreover, De Lima executed all cooperation
requests from CSAD regarding its investigation into this case.
“CSAD has decided that the standalone sanction for this
violation is a 6-month interval of ineligibility, which is doubled to
a 1-year sanction as a result of that is his second violation underneath the
UFC ADP. De Lima’s suspension started on January 24, 2025, the date
that he was notified of his provisional suspension underneath the
program, and he might be eligible to compete once more in UFC occasions
starting on January 24, 2026.”
