{"id":323638,"date":"2019-08-27T14:17:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T21:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=323638"},"modified":"2019-08-27T14:17:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T21:17:30","slug":"cb-dollaway-issues-statement-on-usada-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cb-dollaway-issues-statement-on-usada-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"CB Dollaway issues statement on USADA suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday afternoon, it was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cb-dollaway-accepts-usada-sanction-for-using-multiple-prohibited-substances\/\">announced<\/a> that UFC middleweight veteran CB Dollaway had been handed a two-year ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) after testing positive for multiple prohibited substances.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;USADA announced today that CB Dollaway of Gilbert, Ariz., has accepted a two-year sanction for a violation of the UFC<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Anti-Doping Policy after testing positive for multiple prohibited substances and using a prohibited method,&#8221; USADA&#8217;s press release read.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Dollaway, 35, tested positive for anastrozole, growth hormone releasing peptide 2 (GHRP-2 or pralmorelin), a metabolite of GHRP-2, and GHRP-6 as the result of an out-of-competition urine sample he provided on December 19, 2018. Anastrozole is a Specified Substance in the class of Hormone and Metabolic Modulators, while GHRP-2 and GHRP-6 are Specified Substances in the class of Peptide Hormones, Growth Factors, Related Substances and Mimetics. All of these substances are prohibited at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, which has adopted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Dollaway also tested positive for clomiphene in an out-of-competition urine sample collected on February 9, 2019. Clomiphene is a Specified Substance in the category of Hormone and Metabolic Modulators and is prohibited at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Additionally, Dollaway received an over-the-limit intravenous (IV) infusion on December 13, 2018. IV infusions and\/or injections of more than 100 mL per 12-hour period are prohibited, except for those legitimately received in the course of hospital treatments, surgical procedures, or clinical diagnostic investigations.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after this unfortunate news surfaced, CB Dollaway issued a statement, assuring that he did not knowingly make these violations, but instead came in contact with these banned substances while undergoing a stem cell procedure in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B1o0AARBtkM\/<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of the recent decision made by USADA to issue me a two year sanction, I want it to be very clear that I did not knowingly nor intentionally take any performance enhancing drugs,\u201d Dollaway wrote on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B1o0AARBtkM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Instagram<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/c-b-dollaway-releases-statement-on-usada-suspension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA News<\/a>). \u201cAs many people close to me are aware, I suffered a serious back injury in 2016. With my insurance capped out, I needed to find (an) alternative solution if I wanted to continue to compete in mixed martial arts.,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI traveled to Mexico to have a stem cell procedure done and ended up coming into contact with the mentioned substances. I am sorry to let my friends, family and fans down. I want to personally thank Donna Marcolini, the VP of health and performance of the UFC, for her assistance and for believing in me. I will take this time to continue working on my health and hopefully be ready to come back in 2020 as a healthy athlete\/fighter for the first time since 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of this explanation from CB Dollaway?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/27\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday afternoon, it was announced that UFC middleweight veteran CB Dollaway had been handed a two-year ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) after testing positive for multiple prohibited substances. &#8220;USADA announced today that CB Dollaway of Gilbert, Ariz., has accepted a two-year sanction for a violation of the UFC\u00ae Anti-Doping Policy after testing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54459,"featured_media":285335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10509,39610],"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>CB Dollaway issues statement on USADA suspension | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC middleweight veteran CB Dollaway comments on his two-year USADA suspension, blaming it on a Mexican stem cell treatement.\" \/>\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\/cb-dollaway-issues-statement-on-usada-suspension\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CB Dollaway issues statement on USADA suspension | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UFC middleweight veteran CB Dollaway comments on his two-year USADA suspension, blaming it on a Mexican stem cell treatement.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cb-dollaway-issues-statement-on-usada-suspension\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-27T21:17:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/CB-Dollaway.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Thomas Taylor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Thomas Taylor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cb-dollaway-issues-statement-on-usada-suspension\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cb-dollaway-issues-statement-on-usada-suspension\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Thomas Taylor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/496adaba08f39521150b5053c28fa1a0\"},\"headline\":\"CB Dollaway issues statement on USADA suspension\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-27T21:17:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-08-27T21:17:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cb-dollaway-issues-statement-on-usada-suspension\/\"},\"wordCount\":469,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"C.B. 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