Alexander Shlemenko still hopes to have his three-year suspension overturned. | Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
Former Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko isn’t done fighting the California State Athletic Commission.
According to documents obtained by Sherdog.com, Shlemenko has filed a petition for peremptory writ of administrative mandamus against CSAC in Los Angeles County Superior Court in hopes of having his three-year suspension and $10,000 fine overturned.
Shlemenko failed a drug test following his knockout victory over Melvin Manhoef at Bellator 133 on Feb. 13. The Russian fighter was revealed to have had an elevated testosterone-to-epitestosterone ratio of 50:1 in relation to the bout, well above California’s legal limit of 4:1.