A failed drug take a look at pressured Khalil Rountree out of UFC 303, however he received’t be on the shelf for lengthy.

Rountree was suspended simply two months as the results of a constructive take a look at for anabolic steroid DHEA, UFC anti-doping program Fight Sports activities Anti-Doping (CSAD) introduced Wednesday. Rountree was first to announce his drug take a look at failure and withdrawal final week.

Based on CSAD, Rountree self-reported unintentional ingestion of a blended complement that contained DHEA. A Could 4 pattern examined by Sports activities Drugs Analysis and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL) was in step with Rountree’s declare.

Via documentation offered by Rountree, CSAD confirmed a complement firm despatched the fighter “therapeutic mix” merchandise “with out prior approval.” CSAD wrote that the complement firm proprietor known as the error “a large oversight on our half.”

“CSAD has decided that Rountree’s actions after he decided the error, and the proof of this case, match these standards, and thus CSAD is lowering the sanction in opposition to Rountree to 2 months,” CSAD stated in an announcement.

The doses Rountree ingested are usually not believed to have any important efficiency advantages, CSAD decided after session with SMRTL.

Since he had a June 29 bout vs. Jamahal Hill booked for Las Vegas, Rountree might face further self-discipline from the Nevada Athletic Fee, which plans to debate the matter at an upcoming month-to-month assembly.

The disciplinary motion handed out marks the third since CSAD’s conception at first of 2024. This system, which is headed by former FBI agent George Piro, started after the UFC cut up from long-time anti-doping associate USADA. Rountree joins Walt Harris and Khusein Askhabov because the three fighters flagged so far.

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