UFC on ESPN 40’s Josh Quinlan removed from fight after drug test
Quinlan not tagged with drug failure but rather an ‘atypical drug finding,’ UFC officials announced.
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UFC welterweight Josh Quinlan was pulled from UFC on ESPN 40 ahead of his Saturday night fight due to an “atypical drug finding,” the UFC announced on Saturday afternoon.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission removed Quinlan (5-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) from his fight in Las Vegas against Jason Witt (19-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency detected a trace amount of the long-term metabolite of the steroid DHCMT in his urine sample. The trace amount did not trigger a UFC anti-doping violation, but the NSAC removed him from the fight pending a hearing, per ESPN.
This is not the first time that Quinlan has faced doping questions. He was suspended for nine months by the NSAC after testing positive for the steroid drostanolone last September. The positive test came after Quinlan defeated Logan Urban in Dana White’s Contender Series fight.
The win was stripped away from Quinlan and the match was overturned from a technical knockout to a no contest. Quinlan is 5-0 with the lone no contest in his welterweight career.
This story first published at SI.com/MMA.
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