UFC veteran Khalil Rountree is obvious to problem Alex Pereira for the organisation’s mild heavyweight title at UFC 307 on October 5 regardless of being issued with a suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Fee on Thursday.
Rountree (13-5 (1)) was issued with a 4.5 month ban together with a minor advantageous of simply over $150 which dates again to Might after he self-reported the unintended ingestion of the anabolic steroid DHEA following a urine pattern. The incident eliminated him from a excessive profile UFC 303 battle with Jamahal Hill.
Rountree had notified the fee of the presence of the steroid in a blended complement, with subsequent evaluation backing up the fighter’s declare. The fee praised Rountree’s candour through the course of.
“I’m glad he confirmed up, and the self-reporting clearly had an excellent affect on the fee’s resolution right here,” NAC chairman Dallas Haun mentioned of the matter. “I applaud him for self-reporting.”
Rountree additionally expressed his due to the Nevada fee for partaking with him over his claims of unintended ingestion.
“I simply wish to say thanks guys for trying into the small print of the matter,” he mentioned. “It positively has made an enormous distinction in every thing that’s occurring proper now in my life. I’m simply actually appreciative of you guys for taking the additional time to look into the small print.”
In the meantime, the UFC’s anti-doping associate additionally said that the hint parts of the substance that appeared in Rountree’s system wouldn’t have supplied any performance-boosting parts.
“CSAD (Fight Sports activities Anti-Doping) 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,” it mentioned.
