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One-Time UFC Competitor Bharat Khandare Suspended 2 Years for Positive Steroid Test

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Bharat Khandare has accepted a two-year suspension from USADA after testing positive for multiple banned substances in an out-of-competition sample collected on July 23, 2018.

Khandare, who suffered a first-round submission loss to Yadong Song in his lone Octagon appearance at UFC Fight Night 122 in November 2017, tested positive for both a steroid and an estrogen blocker. His suspension is retroactive to Nov.