UFC welterweight Jesse Ronson has accepted a 20-month U.S. Anti-Doping Agency suspension after testing positive for banned metabolite metandienone as the result of a sample collected out-of-competition just days before his return to the UFC.
The test was conducted July 22, four days before his “Performance of the Night” submission of Nicolas Dalby at UFC on ESPN 14.
According to a statement by USADA, “Metandienone (also known as methandienone) is a non-Specified Substance in the class of Anabolic Agents and is prohibited at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy and UFC Prohibited List.”
Here is USADA’s statement on the matter:
“USADA announced today that Jesse Ronson, of London, Ontario, Canada, has accepted a 20-month sanction for a violation of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy.
Ronson, 34, tested positive for metabolite of metandienone (18-nor-17β-hydroxymethyl-17α-methylandrosta-1,4,13-triene-3-one) as the result of a sample collected out-of-competition on July 22, 2020. Metandienone (also known as methandienone) is a non-Specified Substance in the class of Anabolic Agents and is prohibited at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy and UFC Prohibited List.
Upon being added to the UFC Anti-Doping Program, athletes are required to declare all medications and supplements they have used in the previous 12 months. An athlete who declares the prior use of a prohibited substance will not be deemed to have committed a violation but, depending on the substance, may be required to refrain from competition for a period of at least six months and provide at least two negative samples. Ronson did not declare the use of metandienone on his onboarding declaration forms.
Ronson received a reduction to the period of ineligibility for his Full and Complete Cooperation under the revised UFC ADP announced on November 25, 2019.
Ronson’s 20-month period of ineligibility began on July 22, 2020, the date his positive sample was collected.”
Ronson’s (22-10 MMA, 1-3 UFC) 20-month suspension is retroactive to the administration of the test, meaning he will be eligible to return March 22, 2022.