ONE Championship’s Ellis Barboza fails drug test – faces suspension!

ONE Championship fighter Ellis Barboza. Photo via Instagram (@ellisbarboza)

British ONE Championship Muay Thai fighter Ellis Barboza has failed an in competition test at ONE Fight Night 17 on December 8

He will therefore be banned for six months and have his win over Thongpoon PKSaenchaigym overturned and changed to a no contest. That’s according to South China Morning Post.

The promotion’s drug testing is run by International Doping Tests and Management which is a subsidiary of Drug Free Sport International.

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Ellis Barboza has been a pro since 15

British Muay Thai fighter Ellis “El Jéfe” Barboza has been a professional fighter since fifteen years of age.

With a WBC European Championship to his name, the young UK fighter one of the absolute hottest prospects in Europe.

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