LOS ANGELES — Josh Barnett now owns an inauspicious UFC record. He’s the first UFC fighter to not get suspended after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug since USADA took over the promotion’s anti-doping program in 2015.
Barnett received a public reprimand — and no ban — in a decision by an arbitrator last week in his USADA doping case. The former UFC heavyweight champion tested positive for the banned substance ostarine in a sample collected in December 2016. Barnett was able to prove that the failed test came due to a tainted supplement.