Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir has been notified of a USADA test that came back positive for a banned substance.
Mir posted a message online, stating that he “did not take” the substance and that he doesn’t “know how that is possible as I did not take any performance enhancing drugs to compete.”
The Las Vegas native lost to Mark Hunt in Australia recently. Mir is 18-11 overall in his career and 16-11 with the UFC.
The UFC released a statement regarding the possible violation:
The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Frank Mir of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an in-competition sample collected the day of his fight on March 20, 2016 in Brisbane, Australia.
USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case involving Mir. It is important to note that, under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, there is a full and fair legal process that is afforded to all athletes before any sanctions are imposed.
Additional information will be provided at the appropriate time as the process moves forward.
