George Sullivan failed a drug test while already serving a USADA suspension, but won’t get the full sanction.
The UFC welterweight tested positive for the banned substance clomiphene in January, while he was serving a one-year suspension from a previous failed drug test. USADA, the UFC’s anti-doping partner, announced Tuesday that Sullivan will be suspended for one year for the second violation. The ban will be retroactive to Jan. 14, 2017, the date the positive sample was collected.
Sullivan, 36, will be eligible to return to the Octagon on Jan. 13, 2018. He was facing a two-year maximum suspension for the second violation, but USADA found in the investigation that he was taking clomiphene as part of a physician-prescribed treatment, per the release.