{"id":74137,"date":"2016-04-14T01:15:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T05:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=74137"},"modified":"2025-01-09T00:15:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T05:15:33","slug":"former-champ-machida-pulled-ufc-card-declaring-banned-substance-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/04\/14\/former-champ-machida-pulled-ufc-card-declaring-banned-substance-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Former champ Machida pulled from UFC card after declaring banned substance use"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cMachida stated that he was unaware that the substance was prohibited both in and out of competition,\u201d the UFC said in a statement Wednesday.
(Photo by Marcos Joel Reis – Flickr: Lyoto Machida, CC BY 2.0,<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Lyoto (The Dragon) Machida has been pulled from a televised UFC fight card Saturday after acknowledging use of a banned substance.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency informed the UFC that Machida had made the declaration during an out-of-competition sample collection last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cMachida stated that he was unaware that the substance was prohibited both in and out of competition,\u201d the UFC said in a statement Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven this information, UFC officials have elected to remove Machida from his scheduled bout against Dan Henderson this Saturday in Tampa, Fla. Henderson will be rebooked for a new bout in the near future.<\/p>\n

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\u201d<\/p>\n

Machida apologized in a statement on Facebook.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to tell you that I really didn’t know about this substance, so I listed it on my declaration form amongst everything else I was taking, and this substance was recently banned in 2016, so I take the blame for not knowing that, and I’d like to say I’m really sorry and apologize to my fans, team mates, and my family… I always try to play by the book, but unfortunately this happened,\u201d said the Los Angeles-based Brazilian.<\/p>\n

Machida said he had used a \u201cvery popular\u201d supplement that contains DHEA. The substance is listed on WADA’s prohibited list under anabolic agents, which includes \u201cthe use of any other anabolic substances (such as DHEA) in a dietary supplement.\u201d<\/p>\n

The UFC said Machida’s disclosure of usage will be taken into consideration by USADA during any potential results management and adjudication process.<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old Machida is currently ranked fifth among middleweight contenders by the UFC.<\/p>\n

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The main event of Saturday’s card sees Rashad Evans, another former light-heavyweight champion currently ranked No.<\/p>\n

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7 among 205-pound contenders, fight No. 4 Glover Teixeira of Brazil.<\/p>\n

The original main event was a matchup of top lightweight contenders Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson that was cancelled when Ferguson was hurt in training<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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