{"id":306395,"date":"2019-03-20T11:50:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T18:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=306395"},"modified":"2019-03-20T11:56:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T18:56:25","slug":"usada-releases-statement-on-tj-dillashaw-drug-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/usada-releases-statement-on-tj-dillashaw-drug-test\/","title":{"rendered":"USADA releases statement on TJ Dillashaw drug test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This morning, TJ Dillashaw announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-tj-dillashaw-relinquishes-title-after-adverse-drug-test-finding\/\">he failed an in-competition drug test <\/a>for his January showdown with UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo. Dillashaw added that he has chosen to relinquish his UFC bantamweight title as a result of this unfortunate situation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after this news broke, Ariel Helwani reported that the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), who oversaw Dillashaw and Cejudo&#8217;s Brooklyn battle, had suspended the former for one year. That being said, it was not immediately clear how the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) would react.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday afternoon, the agency released a statement on this TJ Dillashaw issue. Unfortunately, this statement does not identify the banned substance the test turned up, nor does it divulge Dillashaw&#8217;s punishment. That being said, it does remind that Dillashaw is entitled to due process before conclusions are draw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/USADA_UFC\/status\/1108414001531244544\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn light of Mr. Dillashaw\u2019s social media post this morning, we can confirm that an in-competition test conducted by USADA on January 18, 2019 resulted in an adverse analytical finding,\u201d the USADA statement read (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/usada-releases-statement-confirming-tj-dillashaw-had-adverse-drug-test-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMA News (opens in a new tab)\">MMA News<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn this instance, we are able to confirm the finding due to Mr. Dillashaw\u2019s public statement. The presumption of innocence under the rules is a vital part of an effective anti-doping program and it\u2019s only fair that Mr. Dillashaw be allowed due process before any conclusions are drawn.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for all the latest on this TJ Dillashaw ordeal as details emerge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 3\/20\/2019.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, TJ Dillashaw announced that he failed an in-competition drug test for his January showdown with UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo. Dillashaw added that he has chosen to relinquish his UFC bantamweight title as a result of this unfortunate situation. Shortly after this news broke, Ariel Helwani reported that the New York State Athletic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":298371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10185,39610],"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>USADA releases statement on TJ Dillashaw drug test | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has issued a statement on the adverse finding on a TJ Dillashaw drug test.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/usada-releases-statement-on-tj-dillashaw-drug-test\/\" \/>\n<meta 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