Another UFC fighter has been suspended after testing positive for a banned substance in a test given to them by the U.S Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
UFC bantamweight Guido Canetti has accepted a 10-month suspension from USADA for taking a tainted supplement.
On Friday, USADA announced Canetti’s suspension, which is retroactive to Oct. 28, 2016.
Canetti was scheduled to fight last November but was pulled from the fight after he tested positive for a banned substance. He has not fought since Aug. 2015 and is currently coming off a decision win over Hugo Viana.
After failing his drug test, Canetti shared a statement online swearing he didn’t knowingly take any performance-enhancing drugs.
“I swear I do not take anything that has a prohibited substance,” Canetti wrote on Instagram. “I am very sad that I can not fight.
“I swear by my family that I do not take any prohibited substance, the only thing that may have been that a supplement I take has something I did not say, I hope this will be solved quickly by that I am very sad for all the sacrifice I made for this fight.”
