Medical and compliance record for Dequan Townsend: 1 anti-doping sanction, 2 anti-doping testing entries. Every entry is dated and linked to its source.
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1Anti-doping sanctions
0Medical suspensions
0Injury records
2Testing entries
Anti-doping sanction (1)
Anti-doping suspension / ineligibility
Anti-doping sanction
USADA announced today that Dequan Townsend, of Lansing, Mich., has accepted a six-month sanction for a violation of the UFC ® Anti-Doping Policy after testing positive for prohibited substances. Townsend’s reduced period of ineligibility from the default two-year sanction remains contingent upon his successful completion of a USADA approved drug rehabilitation program.
Date
8 January 2020
Status
Suspended / sanctioned
Substance
benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, and norfentanyl, a metabolite of fentanyl and its derivatives
Suspension length
6 months
Sample collected
28 June 2019
Period start
28 June 2019
Period end
28 December 2019
Issuing body
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)
Issued by: U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)
Anti-doping testing activity (2)
2020 UFC ADP testing activity
Anti-doping testing activity
8 publicly reported test sessions in 2020. This count is not a pass/fail result.
Date
2020
Status
Testing activity
Test sessions reported
8
Issuing body
UFC Anti-Doping Program / CSAD
Issued by: UFC Anti-Doping Program / CSAD
2019 UFC ADP testing activity
Anti-doping testing activity
5 publicly reported test sessions in 2019. This count is not a pass/fail result.