Just days following Lyoto Machida’s match with Dan Henderson was axed after the Brazilian ran afoul of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s anti-doping policy, another fight has been pulled from UFC on Fox 19.
Lightweight contender Islam Makhachev, who initially missed weight Friday before hitting 156 on his second attempt, will not fight Saturday after Meldonium was allegedly detected in a “recent out-of-competition sample collection.” The Dagestani was scheduled to fight Drew Dober.
Meldonium has been in the headlines recently regarding a scandal surrounding tennis star Maria Sharapova.