The USADA punishment for former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida has been issued. Machida, who had dropped down to 185 in 2013, was pulled from his mid-April UFC on FOX 19 rematch vs. Dan Henderson after admitting he used 7-keto-DHEA, a prohibited substance, has been banned for 18 months retroactive to the date of the offending out-of-competition test. That means he’ll not be eligible to return to UFC competition until October 8th, 2017.
“USADA announced today that UFC® athlete, Lyoto Machida, of Salvador, Brazil, has accepted an 18-month sanction for an anti-doping policy violation after declaring the use of a prohibited substance and subsequently testing positive for the use of that substance.