{"id":104602,"date":"2014-07-10T15:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T22:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=104602"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:53:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:53:04","slug":"another-ufc-title-challenger-just-got-popped-for-controversial-performance-enhancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/another-ufc-title-challenger-just-got-popped-for-controversial-performance-enhancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Another UFC Title Challenger Just Got Popped For Controversial Performance Enhancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-174-results-johnson-retains-title-with-decision-win-against-baganitonov\/ali-bagautinov-wins-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-101209\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ali-Bagautinov-Wins.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Ali Bagautinov Wins\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ali-Bagautinov-Wins.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ali-Bagautinov-Wins-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ali-Bagautinov-Wins-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The latest in MMA cheats has been uncovered, and it&#8217;s a big one.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 174 title challenger, Ali Bagautinov has failed his post-fight drug test for EPO and as a result will serve out a twelve-month suspension. <\/p>\n<p>This news comes on the heels of several disappointing test failures, including that of Chael Sonnen, who also failed for the very controversial performance enhancer, just like the flyweight russian. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/07\/bcac-ali-bagautinov-tests-positive-for-epo-for-ufc-174-suspended-one-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie.com<\/a> was the first to report the news, and they break it down:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cResults received by this office from the June 2 tests on Mr. Bagautinov were positive for erythropoietin, or EPO \u2013 a substance banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency,\u201d BCAC Commissioner Dave Maedel stated. \u201cThese results were not available prior to the UFC 174 event due to lab processing times. Mr. Bagautinov lost his bid for the flyweight title to Demetrious Johnson. I have suspended Mr. Bagautinov\u2019s licence to compete in British Columbia for a period of one year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EPO is a hormone that controls the production of red blood cells. In sports as a performance enhancer, it is perhaps best known in the world of professional cycling, where it became best associated with Lance Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France winner who was found to have used EPO as part of a doping \u201ccocktail.\u201d He eventually was stripped of his titles and had his name removed from the race\u2019s record books.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest in MMA cheats has been uncovered, and it&#8217;s a big one. UFC 174 title challenger, Ali Bagautinov has failed his post-fight drug test for EPO and as a result will serve out a twelve-month suspension. 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