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UFC drug czar: Fighters could face two-year suspension for violating IV ban

Jose Aldo might want to back off his wish to ignore the UFC's new IV ban.

Starting Oct. 1, fighters will no longer be able to rehydrate intravenously after weigh-ins, according to the rules of the promotion's anti-doping program run by USADA. And UFC vice president of athlete health and performance Jeff Novitzky said that if a fighter violates the ban he or she will face a substantial suspension: up to two years.

"The risk versus reward under this program, I mean if someone is found out to have taken an IV you're facing a potential two-year ban, which is a long time in the UFC and in MMA," Novitzky told Ariel Helwani on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour.