United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has suspended B.J. Penn for a period of six months by after "The Prodigy" was flagged for running afoul of the intravenous (IV) rehydration policy earlier this year.
USADA announced today that Jay Dee ("BJ") Penn of Hilo, Hawaii, an athlete in the UFC, has accepted a 6-month sanction for an anti-doping policy violation for his use of a prohibited method.
During an out-of-competition test on March 25, 2016, Penn declared the use of an intravenous infusion of a non-prohibited substance. A subsequent investigation by USADA revealed that the intravenous infusion received by Penn was administered in a volume greater than 50 mL within a 6 hour period.