Gilbert Melendez will be out of action until June 2016. | Photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight contender Gilbert Melendez has been slapped with a one-year suspension after failing a post-fight drug test at last month’s UFC 188.
Melendez, 33, tested positive for “exogenous origin of testosterone metabolites,” according to a release issued Monday by the UFC. The former Strikeforce champion went three rounds with Eddie Alvarez in Mexico City on June 13 and came up on the losing end of a narrow split decision.