{"id":151512,"date":"2015-06-23T16:50:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T23:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=151512"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:47:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:47:14","slug":"csac-suspends-former-champ-for-3-years-following-failed-ped-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/csac-suspends-former-champ-for-3-years-following-failed-ped-test\/","title":{"rendered":"CSAC Suspends Former Champ For 3 Years Following Failed PED Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Shlemenko.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133217\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Shlemenko.jpeg\" alt=\"Shlemenko\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Shlemenko.jpeg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Shlemenko-300x156.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Shlemenko-585x305.jpeg 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Shlemenko-390x203.jpeg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bad news for the former champion who got busted with a field drug test.<\/p>\n<p>Former Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko was handed down a harsh penalty by the California State Athletic Commission today at a hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The fighter was suspended for three years and fined $10,000 for testing positive for steroid oxandrolone and oxandrolone metabolites and also testosterone-to-epitestosterone ratio of 50-1. The limit is 4-1.<\/p>\n<p>It was a unanimous vote from the commission to hand down the punishment and commissioner John Frierson said,<em> \u201cOur job here is to protect the fighters, period. The guy that he knocked out, he could have killed him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That fighter he knocked out was Melvin Manhoef, at Bellator 133. Shlemenko stopped Manhoef with a spinning back fist. That fight will now be overturned.<\/p>\n<p>California is not messing around.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benavidez: Paige VanZant Is Our Perfect Alpha Female<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"container1\" class=\"outer-container\"><!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C  found at https:\/\/accounts.brightcove.com\/en\/terms-and-conditions\/.  --><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\/js\/BrightcoveExperiences.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"JavaScript\"><\/script><object id=\"myExperience4316241471001\" class=\"BrightcoveExperience\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\"><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"width\" value=\"560\" \/><param name=\"height\" value=\"315\" \/><param name=\"playerID\" value=\"4174782329001\" \/><param name=\"playerKey\" value=\"AQ~~,AAADV3-cjCE~,liy9q4yw9hqmtNPERf0MOvxn6JKOOxF3\" \/><param name=\"isVid\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"isUI\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"dynamicStreaming\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"@videoPlayer\" value=\"4316241471001\" \/><\/object> <!--  This script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soon as the line is read by the browser. 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