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UFC veteran gets 6-month USADA suspension for second violation

Published

September 19, 2023

Ovince Saint Preux is a UFC veteran with 26 UFC fights. Photo via Instagram: (@003_osp)

UFC light heavyweight veteran Ovince Saint Preux gets a 6-month USADA suspension for a second violation. According to USADA, Saint Preux can return to competition as of December 17.

In a statement from the agency, it is said that the 40-year-old veteran tested positive in a out-of-competition test.

“Saint Preux, 40, tested positive for 3α-hydroxy-5α-androst-1-en-17-one (a long-term metabolite of 1-Androstenedione and/or 1-Testosterone) as the result of urine samples collected out-of-competition on June 17, 2023, and July 11, 2023. Because Saint Preux was not yet notified of his first positive test when his second test was collected, the two positive tests are combined into a single violation, as required under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy.”

Read the full USADA statement here!

Ovince Saint Preux has 26 UFC fights to his name

Former UFC interim light heavyweight title challenger Ovince Saint Preux made his promotional debut back in April 2013 with a win against Gian Villante.

During his decade long career in the promotion he has faced many of the best light heavyweights to ever enter the octagon, including fighters like Maurício Rua, Jamahal Hill and Sweden’s Ilir Latifi.

In April 2016, he challenged Jon Jones for the for the interim light heavyweight championship, but lost via unanimous decision. Jones was later stripped of the belt after he tested positive for clomiphene and letrozole.

All in all, Saint Preux has 26 UFC fights to his name.

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