The former UFC middleweight champion received a one-year suspension from USADA, the UFC’s anti-doping partner, for his failed drug test in the lead up to his planned UFC Shanghai main event fight against Kelvin Gastelum late last year. The news was first reported by ESPN, and was later announced by USADA.
USADA deemed Silva’s positive drug test, collected on Oct. 26, 2017, to have come from a contaminated supplement. The suspension is retroactive from the day the sample was collected, meaning the Silva will be able to return to the Octagon after Oct.