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Two UFC fighters receive two-year bans for separate USADA violations

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has dropped the hammer on a couple of UFC fighters for their respective drug test failures.

First up on the list is Indian featherweight Bharat Vijay Kandare, who popped for the banned substances “exogenous boldenone” and “tamoxifen” in an out-of-competition drug test. He received a two year ban.

USADA announced today that Bharat Vijay Kandare, of Maharashtra, India, has accepted a two-year sanction for a violation of the UFC® Anti-Doping Policy after testing positive for prohibited substances.

Kandare, 31, tested positive for exogenous boldenone and its metabolites, as well as a metabolite of tamoxifen, following an out-of-competition test conducted on July 23, 2018.