T.J. Dillashaw has accepted a two-year suspension from the United States Anti-Doping Agency after failing a test for a prohibited substance, the organization announced Tuesday.
This news comes two weeks after Dillashaw himself declared that the USADA had discovered an “adverse finding” and that he would be vacating the UFC bantamweight championship. ESPN was first to report the suspension.
Per the release, Dillashaw tested positive for recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO), a result that was derived from a urine sample taken on Jan. 18, 2019, a day prior to his failed bid to drop down a weight class and take the 125-pound title from Henry Cejudo at UFC Brooklyn.