Hector Lombard failed out-of-competition drug test for UFC 182

Hector Lombard

Hector Lombard came up positive for a banned substance following his unanimous decision over Josh Burkman at this past month’s UFC 182, bringing to two the number of fighters who failed a drug test in connection with the Jan. 3 event.

Lombard (35-4-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC), 37, tested positive for desoxymethyltestosterone, a designer steroid, after a Jan. 3 test performed by Quest Diagnostics, which screens fighters for performance-enhancers and drugs of abuse on fight night. MMAFighting.com first reported Lombard’s failure, which was confirmed by overseeing the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

This morning, Lombard was removed from a scheduled fight with Rory MacDonald at UFC 186 on April 25 in Montreal. The UFC gave no reason for his removal, telling MMAjunkie the promotion was simply seeking new opponents for the fighters.

Lombard tested negative for other performance-enhancers and drugs of abuse, according to the Quest Diagnostics report from Jan. 3, obtained by MMAjunkie. His oppponent, Burkman, tested negative for banned substances on fight night. The test results came back on  Jan. 13.

UFC 182 headliner Jon Jones also failed an out-of-competition test in connection with the event, testing positive for cocaine metabolites. He was not disciplined as cocaine is not banned out-of-competition.

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