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Jesse Taylor pulled from UFC Sydney fight after potential anti-doping violation

Lost in all of the drug testing news concerning Jon Jones is yet another UFC fighter getting flagged for a potential anti-doping violation. Jesse Taylor, who perhaps fittingly won The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption in July, was scheduled to fight Belal Muhammad at UFC Fight Night: Sydney in November, but that will no longer be happening.

The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Jesse Taylor of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on August 22, 2017. Because of the proximity to Taylor’s upcoming scheduled bout in Sydney, Australia on November 18, 2017, against Belal Muhammad, Taylor has been removed from the card and the UFC is currently seeking a replacement.