{"id":294116,"date":"2025-11-19T21:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/294116\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T21:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:53:13","slug":"ufcs-lucindo-withdraws-from-dec-bout-due-to-failed-drug-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/294116\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC’s Lucindo withdraws from Dec. bout due to failed drug test"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brett OkamotoNov 20, 2025, 02:56 AM<\/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 strawweight Iasmin Lucindo<\/a> was forced to withdraw from a scheduled bout next month due to a failed drug test, which her team is investigating as a potential contaminated supplement case.<\/p>\n

Lucindo (18-6) was scheduled to face Gillian Robertson<\/a> (16-8) at UFC Fight Night on Dec. 13<\/a>, but was removed from the bout after she tested positive for traces of the anabolic steroid mesterolone, her team confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. The 23-year-old has been placed under temporary suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, while her team investigates the cause of the failed test. Lucindo denies knowingly ingesting the banned substance.<\/p>\n

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“Iasmin has not knowingly used any prohibited substances and based on the amount and type of the detected metabolites, we firmly believe that this is a case of contamination rather than intentional use,” Lucindo’s manager Tiago Okamura told ESPN in a released statement. “We are working diligently, in collaboration with Drug Free Sports and the UFC, to identify the source of this contamination.”<\/p>\n

According to Okamura, the positive test occurred in late September. Lucindo provided negative drug tests in August and October. Should the NSAC eventually find the positive test was caused by a contaminated supplement, Lucindo would likely face a reduced suspension. There has been a long history of contaminated supplement cases involving UFC athletes, including arguably the most infamous case involving Jon Jones<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n

Lucindo, of Brazil, is one of the most promising prospects in the 115-pound division. She is currently ranked No. 7 by the UFC and No. 9 by ESPN<\/a> in the division, with a 5-2 record. She last defeated Angela Hill<\/a> via decision in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brett OkamotoNov 20, 2025, 02:56 AM CloseBrett Okamoto has reported on mixed martial arts and boxing at ESPN…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-294116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}