Jesse Taylor has been pulled from UFC Fight Night 121 after being flagged for a potential anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on Aug. 22.
Taylor was scheduled to meet Belal Muhammad in a welterweight bout on Nov. 18 in Sydney but was pulled from the card due to the proximity of the event, according to a UFC statement. A replacement opponent for Muhammad is currently being sought.
The UFC’s full statement on Taylor is as follows:
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.