UFC fighter given two-year USADA ban for cocaine

Get the Full StoryIt ll be a long time before Brad Scott can fight in the UFC again. British UFC middleweight Brad Scott has received a two-year suspension by the US Anti-Doping Agency USADA after failing his UFC Liverpool drug test back in May. According to a USADA press release, Scott tested positive for cocaine metabolites.

USADA announced today that Bradley Scott, of Melksham Wiltshire, United Kingdom, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a two-year sanction for his violation under the UFC Anti-Doping Program.

Scott, 29, tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, as the result of a urine sample he provided in-competition on May 27, 2018, at Fight Night 130 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Cocaine is a non-Specified Substance in the class of Stimulants and prohibited in-competition under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, which has adopted the World Anti-Doping Agency Prohibited List.

USADA conducted a thorough investigation into Scott s case and determined Scott had not provided verifiable evidence regarding the circumstances that led to his positive test. Scott s two-year period of ineligibility, the standard sanction for a first offense involving a non-Specified Substance, began on July 3, 2018, the date his provisional suspension was imposed.

Scott 11-6 lost a split decision to Carlo Pedersoli Jr at UFC Liverpool, marking the 29-year-old s second straight defeat. He has an overall UFC record of 3-5, dating back to when he lost to Robert Whittaker in the welterweight tournament final of The Ultimate Fighter: Smashes back in 2012.

In case you re wondering how Scott s case differs from Jon Jones infamous positive test for cocaine back in 2015, Scott s positive test was in-competition. Cocaine is not banned out-of-competition, and Jones positive test was both out-of-competition and conducted by the Nevada Athletic Commission, as opposed to USADA. It appears as if Scott is the first fighter under the UFC-USADA partnership to receive punishment for cocaine. He won t be eligible to return until July 3rd, 2020.

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