Lyman Good receives USADA notice, pulled from UFC 205

UFC welterweight Lyman Good has been pulled from next month’s UFC 205 event, and promotion officials are currently seeking a replacement opponent for Belal Muhammad.

UFC officials today announced that promotion officials were notified by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency of a potential anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on Oct. 14.

“USADA has provisionally suspended Good based on the potential anti-doping violation,” the statement read. “USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case. It is important to note that, under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, there is a full fair legal review process that is afforded to all athletes before any sanctions are imposed. Consistent with all previous potential anti-doping violations, additional information or UFC statements will be provided at the appropriate time as the process moves forward.”

UFC 205 takes place Nov. 12 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass, though the bout order hasn’t been finalized.

Good (19-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC), a 31-year-old New Yorker, was an early Bellator champion who made his UFC debut in 2015. Fresh off a CFFC title victory, he met Andrew Craig in his promotional debut and scored a second-round knockout victory. He’s now on a five-fight winning streak and is 8-1 (with one no-contest) in his past 10 fights.

He was looking to return from an injury layoff and meet Muhammad (10-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC), a former Titan FC and Bellator fighter who made his UFC debut in July and suffered a decision loss to Alan Jouban. However, the 28-year-old rebounded at September’s UFC Fight Night 94 event in Texas and earned a TKO win over Augusto Montano.

The UFC 205 card currently includes:

MAIN CARD

• Champ Eddie Alvarez vs. Champ Conor McGregor – for lightweight title
• Champ Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson – for welterweight title
• Champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz – for women’s strawweight title
• Yoel Romero vs. Chris Weidman
• Donald Cerrone vs. Kelvin Gastelum
• Raquel Pennington vs. Miesha Tate

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Frankie Edgar vs. Jeremy Stephens
• Michael Johnson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov
• Rashad Evans vs. Tim Kennedy
• Tim Boetsch vs. Rafael Natal
• Thiago Alves vs. Jim Miller
• Belal Muhammad vs. opponent TBA
• Liz Carmouche vs. Katlyn Chookagian

For more on UFC 205, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.