{"id":416285,"date":"2026-01-16T06:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T06:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/416285\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T06:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T06:28:08","slug":"ufcs-mohammed-usman-gets-30-month-ban-for-positive-drug-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/416285\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC’s Mohammed Usman gets 30-month ban for positive drug test"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brett OkamotoJan 16, 2026, 04:17 PM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Brett Okamoto has reported on mixed martial arts and boxing at ESPN since 2010. He has covered all of the biggest events in combat sports during that time, including in-depth interviews and features with names such as Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Georges St-Pierre. He was also a producer on the 30 for 30 film: “Chuck and Tito,” which looked back at the careers and rivalry of Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. He lives in Las Vegas, and is an avid, below-average golfer in his spare time.<\/p>\n

UFC heavyweight Mohammed Usman<\/a> received a 30-month suspension for intentional testosterone use in September, the Combat Sports Anti-Doping announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Usman (11-4), the younger brother of former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman<\/a>, tested positive for testosterone during an out-of-competition drug test and was subsequently removed from a scheduled bout against Valter Walker<\/a>. According to CSAD, Usman, 36, later admitted to using testosterone and a prohibited peptide, BPC-157.<\/p>\n

Usman’s admission of using the banned substances, however, came after he made false statements to CSAD, according to the testing agency. Because of Usman’s attempt to “deceive CSAD with a false explanation,” an additional six months was added to the standard two-year suspension for testosterone use, resulting in 30 months.<\/p>\n

The ban is retroactively dated Oct. 9, 2025, and will end on April 9, 2028.<\/p>\n

Usman, who fights out of Florida, is a former contestant on “The Ultimate Fighter” series and has a 4-3 record in the UFC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brett OkamotoJan 16, 2026, 04:17 PM CloseBrett Okamoto has reported on mixed martial arts and boxing at ESPN…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-416285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}