{"id":136957,"date":"2015-04-10T12:15:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T19:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=136957"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:38:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:38:21","slug":"progress-ped-violators-removed-ufc-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/progress-ped-violators-removed-ufc-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"PROGRESS! PED Violators To Be Removed From UFC Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/anderson-silva-allowed-fight\/anderson-silva-12\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-128389\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Anderson-Silva.jpg\" alt=\"Anderson Silva\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Anderson-Silva.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Anderson-Silva-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Anderson-Silva-585x305.jpg 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Anderson-Silva-390x203.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fighters who fail drug tests for performance enhancing drugs will now be removed from the UFC rankings. In turn, these fighters will also be losing their Reebok sponsorship money as well for being removed from the rankings.<\/p>\n<p>This punishment will only be handed down to fighters who receive a suspension for nine or more months.<\/p>\n<p>Fight Metric informed the media who votes on the fighter rankings earlier this week the news.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think this is a step in the right direction?<\/p>\n<p><strong>SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE &#8212; Luke Rockhold, Countdown to UFC on FOX 15 Feature<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE -- Luke Rockhold, Countdown to UFC on FOX 15 Feature\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tf1Ipl1EcNo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fighters who fail drug tests for performance enhancing drugs will now be removed from the UFC rankings. In turn, these fighters will also be losing their Reebok sponsorship money as well for being removed from the rankings. This punishment will only be handed down to fighters who receive a suspension for nine or more months. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":128389,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PROGRESS! PED Violators To Be Removed From UFC Rankings | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fighters who fail drug tests for performance enhancing drugs will now be removed from the UFC rankings. 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