Lyman Good suspended six months for anti-doping infraction, can return later this month

More than five months after he was pulled from a planned appearance at UFC 205, Lyman Good finally has official word on his punishment for a failed drug test.

U.S. Anti-Doping Agency officials today announced that Good (19-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has accepted a six-month sanction after testing positive for a prohibited substance, 1-androstenedione, and its metabolite 1-(5a)-androsten-3a-ol-17-one, which is registered as “a non-specified substance in the class of anabolic agents and prohibited at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy.”

According to USADA officials, a contaminated supplement was to blame.

Following notification of his positive test, Good provided USADA with information about a dietary supplement product he was using at the time of the relevant sample collection. Although no prohibited substances were listed on the supplement label, testing conducted on an independently sourced, unopened container of the product by the WADA-accredited laboratory in Salt Lake City, Utah, indicated that it contained 1-androstenedione. The presence of an undisclosed prohibited substance in a product is regarded as contamination. Accordingly, the product has since been added to the High Risk List of supplements maintained on USADA’s online dietary supplement safety education and awareness resource – Supplement 411 (www.Supplement411.org). Athletes are reminded that even seemingly low-risk dietary supplements may contain prohibited substances, which may not be listed on the Supplement Facts label, thus USADA encourages athletes through Supplement 411 to challenge the reasons for using supplements and make themselves aware of how to reduce their risks of a positive anti-doping test and/or an adverse health event.

Under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, as well as the World Anti-Doping Code, the determination that an athlete’s positive test was caused by a contaminated product may result in a reduced sanction. The sanction for a doping offense resulting from the use of a contaminated product ranges from a reprimand and no period of ineligibility, at a minimum, to a two-year period of ineligibility, at a maximum.

Good’s sanction dates back to Oct. 24, when he was provisionally suspended and pulled from a planned contest with Belal Muhammad.

Good, 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.

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