{"id":393428,"date":"2021-08-30T17:31:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T00:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=393428"},"modified":"2022-02-04T12:50:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T20:50:45","slug":"lilya-shakirova-handed-two-year-suspension-from-usada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/usada\/lilya-shakirova-handed-two-year-suspension-from-usada\/","title":{"rendered":"Lilya Shakirova handed two-year suspension from USADA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC fans won&#8217;t be seeing Lilya Shakirova on their screens until 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ufc.usada.org\/liliya-shakirova-accepts-doping-sanction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USADA announced on Monday<\/a> that the UFC flyweight prospect had received a suspension for past usage of a banned substance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shakirova, 29, tested positive for meldonium as the result of a sample collected out of competition on December 5, 2020 in her home country of Uzbekistan,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;Meldonium is a non-Specified Substance in the category of Hormone and Metabolic Modulators and it is prohibited at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy and the UFC Prohibited List.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Upon being added to the UFC Anti-Doping Program, athletes are required to declare prohibited substances they have used in the previous 12 months. An athlete who makes such declaration will not be deemed to have committed a violation but, depending on the substance, may be required to refrain from competition for a period of at least six months and provide at least two negative samples. Shakirova did not declare the use of meldonium on her onboarding declaration forms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shakirova\u2019s two-year period of ineligibility began on December 5, 2020, the date her positive sample was collected.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Uzbekistan&#8217;s Lilya Shakirova dropped to 8-2 in her professional career upon making her Octagon debut in October 2020. Stepping in to replace Cynthia Calvillo vs. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-254-khabib-vs-gaethje-live-results-and-highlights\/\">Lauren Murphy<\/a> at UFC 254, Shakirova suffered a second-round defeat via a rear-naked choke submission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC fans won&#8217;t be seeing Lilya Shakirova on their screens until 2022. 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