Report: PFL champion suspended after failed drug test!

Rob Wilkinson is the PFL light heavyweight champion. Photo via Instagram (@razorrobwilkinson)

Another failed drug test shakes the Professional Fighters League.

This time it’s the PFL light heavyweight champion Rob Wilkinson who’s now out of his scheduled fight at PFL 4 following a failed drug test. That’s according to combat sports news site MMA Mania.

“Razor” Wilkinson is the latest of PFL fighters who recently failed drug tests.

Former UFC light heavyweight contender, Thiago Santos, middleweight Krzysztof Jotko, heavyweight Rizvan Kuniev and heavyweight Bruno Cappelozza all failed drug tests a while back.

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Rob Wilkinson will besuspended for a long time

Rob Wilkinson was scheduled to clash with Ty Flores in the PFL 4 co-main event. However, since he’s suspended for the rest of the 2023 PFL season, Flores will now face PFL veteran Dan Spohn.

Wilkinson rides a seven-fight winning streak that dates back to his loss against Israel Adesanya at UFC 221 in February 2018.

He also competed in pro boxing and won the vacant Tasmania State heavyweight title back in 2021 after defeating Jayden Joseph via a fifth-round TKO.

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