The middleweight co-main event of UFC on Fox 19 between Lyoto Machida and Dan Henderson has been removed from Saturday’s card after Machida admitted to using a banned substance.
The former light heavyweight champion admitted to the violation during an out-of-competition sample collection by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) last week, according to a statement released by the UFC on Friday. The substance Machida admitted to using is currently unknown.
“Machida stated that he was unaware that the substance was prohibited both in and out of competition and, in accordance with the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, his disclosure of usage will be taken into consideration by USADA during any potential results management and adjudication process,” the statement read.