Li Jingliang will face no sanctions from USADA after testing positive for clenbuterol.
The UFC fighter tested positive for the substance in a May 18 out-of-competition drug test, but the UFC's anti-doping partner found no fault or negligence on his part, USADA announced in a release Friday. A USADA investigation found that Jingliang likely ingested the prohibited substance unknowingly into contaminated meat.
Clenbuterol is routinely found in meat in Mexico and China, according to a warning sent out by WADA in 2011. Jingliang is a native of China. After looking at his dietary habits, whereabouts and the fact that there was a very low parts per billion amount of clenbuterol in his system, USADA cleared Jingliang of any sanctions.