THIS JUST IN…

In a statement released by the UFC, Lyoto Machida has admitted to using an out of competition banned substance to the USADA. According to the statement, the middleweight fighter said he was unaware the substance was banned and the USADA will take that into consideration during commiseration.

The UFC organization was made aware today by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency  (USADA), the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, that Lyoto Machida declared the usage of a banned substance during an out-of-competition sample collection last week. Machida stated that he was unaware that the substance was prohibited both in and out of competition and, in accordance with the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, his disclosure of usage will be taken into consideration by USADA during any potential results management and adjudication process. Given this information, UFC officials have elected to remove Machida from his scheduled bout against Dan Henderson this Saturday in Tampa, Fla. Henderson will be re-booked for a new bout in the near future.

With fighters dropping like flies due to injury and USADA making it impossible to eat a poppy seed bagel 6 months out of a fight, it seems UFC ticket holders are in for a rocky ride. This does however show that the new crack down on PED’s is keeping everybody honest as fighters are coming clean before things get worse.