Shlemenko sues CSAC
Alexander Shlemenko was suspended for three years and fined after failing a post-fight drug test at Bellator 133, but today revealed he is suing the CSAC.
Alexander Shlemenko was suspended for three years and fined after failing a post-fight drug test at Bellator 133, but today revealed he is suing the California commission in hopes to have the ruling overturned:
Alexander Shlemenko has filed a lawsuit against the California State Athletic Commission following his three-year suspension and $10,000 fine for a failed post-fight drug test after his Bellator 133 knockout of Melvin Manhoef.
The punishment – especially the three-year suspension – was the harshest penalty the commission has handed a fighter since it began regulating MMA in 2006.
Shlemenko (51-9 MMA, 11-3 BMMA) tested positive for the steroid oxandrolone and oxandrolone metabolites as well as a testosterone-to-epitestosterone (T/E) ratio of 50-1 (the commission’s limit is 4-1).
When contacted today by MMAjunkie, CSAC Executive Director Andy Foster said he had just received word of the lawsuit and was still looking into it.
