Azamat Murzakanov joined an unique membership this week, getting pinched for banned substances below two completely different drug-testing eras. Along with his violation with United States Anti-Doping Company (USADA) again in late 2017, the 35 year-old “Skilled” additionally popped for Fight Sports activities Anti-Doping (CSAD) just some weeks again.
UFC launched an announcement on Monday morning.
Murzakanov examined optimistic for the low-level presence of a metabolite of LGD 4033, a prohibited always substance within the class of anabolic brokers on the UFC Prohibited Listing, from an out of competitors pattern collected from him on October 8, 2024. A sealed bottle of a purported dietary complement that Murzakanov used main as much as this pattern provision was procured and despatched to the UFC ADP’s testing laboratory, Sports activities Drugs and Analysis Testing Laboratory (SMRTL), in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, for evaluation. The evaluation discovered a low-level presence of LGD-4033 within the sealed complement, regardless of not being listed on its labeled components. SMRTL suggested CSAD that the low stage of LGD-4033 contaminant within the sealed complement, in addition to the low stage of LGD-4033 metabolite in Murzakanov’s pattern, wouldn’t present any vital efficiency benefit. Moreover, a observe up pattern that was collected from Murzakanov on October 31, 2024, earlier than he was notified of the antagonistic October 8, 2024 pattern, was unfavorable. This supported Murzakanov’s timeline about when he took and discontinued taking the contaminated complement in query.
CSAD decided that an acceptable sanction for Murzakanov antagonistic discovering is a 90-day interval of ineligibility. Regardless of the supply of the antagonistic discovering coming from a dietary complement that listed no prohibited substances on its label, the complement was not third celebration examined and licensed like all UFC athletes are educated to solely use. As a result of Murzakanov served a earlier suspension below the UFC-ADP in 2019, this was Murzakanov’s second violation below this system and his sanction was subsequently doubled to 180-days. Murzakanov’s suspension started on November 1, 2024, the day he was notified of this antagonistic discovering in writing by CSAD and positioned on a provisional suspension. Murzakanov’s suspension will expire 180-days later, on Could 1, 2025.
Murzakanov has but to touch upon his suspension.
“The Skilled” improved to 14-0 with 11 finishes after stopping Alonzo Menifield as a part of the UFC Abu Dhabi battle card again in August. Murzakanov was anticipated to return in opposition to Nikita Krylov at UFC 309, however withdrew two weeks earlier than the occasion.
