UFC confirmed on Monday afternoon that lightweight Gilbert Melendez has been suspended for a year due to a failed UFC 188 post fight drug test. In an official statement released by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, they stated that his urine sample came back positive for “exogenous origin of testosterone metabolites”.
UFC fighters took to social media to either throw in their two cents or throw their hat in the mix to replace him in his bout with Al Iaquinta.
Melendez getting busted for synthetic testosterone is actually a really big deal, what do you think @arielhelwani The game has changed
— Big Ben Rothwell (@RothwellFighter) July 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/julesk_fighter/status/618135734856253440
I know a guy!! Always game, Drug and PED free
— Cowboy Cerrone (@Cowboycerrone) July 6, 2015
“@lesaboteur87: So does @Cowboycerrone want to fight Iaquinta for something to do in the interim? Got to make that money.
I sure like money
— Cowboy Cerrone (@Cowboycerrone) July 6, 2015
What the Funk is up with people and their supplements and PED-using minds? I don't take crap unless it's a gummy multi-vitamins. #ForWhy?
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) July 6, 2015
UFC has released a statement on Gilbert Melendez: http://t.co/0F16fc1IRq
— Dave Sholler (@DaveSholler) July 6, 2015
BREAKING: Gilbert Melendez tests positive for banned substance, suspended one year http://t.co/qMsyCSxBG0 #UFC pic.twitter.com/hDuYVm5kCR
— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) July 6, 2015
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