UFC lightweight Gleison Tibau has decided to drop his appeal to USADA after testing positive for EPO, which all but assures him a two-year ban from competition.
Gleison Tibau has fought an incredible 26 times in the UFC, but it will be a long time before he can make appearance #27. The hulking Brazilian lightweight tested positive for EPO in an out-of-competition drug test, news which broke a month after his controversial submission win over Abel Trujillo. His in-competition drug test also resulted in a failure, and after initially denying any wrongdoing, he's decided to drop the appeal of his failed tests and accept his ban.