{"id":164649,"date":"2015-09-08T07:13:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T14:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=164649"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:53:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:53:24","slug":"ufc-bantamweights-9-month-suspension-is-over-looks-to-return-asap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-bantamweights-9-month-suspension-is-over-looks-to-return-asap\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Bantamweight&#8217;s 9 Month Suspension Is Over, Looks To Return ASAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UFC bantamweight fighter Ashlee Evans-Smith has been out of action for the past nine months because of a suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was suspended after failing a post-fight drug test from UFC 181, where she fought Raquel Pennington.<\/p>\n<p>Smith has been serving her suspension and now it&#8217;s up and she&#8217;s looking to get back into the octagon. Smith tested positive for the use of a diuretic. Smith never showed up for her NSAC hearing, thus, causing the commission to accept the results as fact. Smith took to Twitter to announced the end of her suspension and says news of her next fight will be coming soon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update:My 9 month suspension w\/the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ufc<\/a> is over 2day.I CANT WAIT 2 get back in the cage. Stay tuned 4 fight&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/SgfR0yixCx\">http:\/\/t.co\/SgfR0yixCx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ashlee Evans-Smith (@AshleeMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AshleeMMA\/status\/641055606908973056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Smith lost to Pennington in her UFC debut, taking the fight on short notice, via technical submission.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think Smith should fight in her return fight?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Best Training Room You&#8217;ll Probably Ever See &#8212; D.C., Rockhold, Khabib, Velasquez All Training For UFC Greatness<\/strong><br \/>\n[ooyala code=&#8221;J5c3UxdzpDWlYbuxxRyJVVXCUwnYxE3R&#8221; player_id=&#8221;bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2&#8243; width=&#8221;1280&#8243; height=&#8221;720&#8243; auto=&#8221;true&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; UFC bantamweight fighter Ashlee Evans-Smith has been out of action for the past nine months because of a suspension. Smith was suspended after failing a post-fight drug test from UFC 181, where she fought Raquel Pennington. Smith has been serving her suspension and now it&#8217;s up and she&#8217;s looking to get back into the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":164659,"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>UFC Bantamweight&#039;s 9 Month Suspension Is Over, Looks To Return ASAP | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC bantamweight, Ashlee Evans-Smith&#039;s 9 month suspension is over......FULL story on BJPENN.COM.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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