Medical and compliance record for Paulo Costa: 2 anti-doping sanctions, 1 post-fight medical suspension, 10 anti-doping testing entries. Every entry is dated and linked to its source.
This page reproduces publicly reported regulatory and medical-administrative records. Every entry names the body that issued it. Anti-doping testing entries are counts of publicly reported test sessions and are not pass/fail results — a test session is not a positive test. Records are reproduced as published and are not medical advice.
2Anti-doping sanctions
1Medical suspensions
0Injury records
10Testing entries
Anti-doping sanction (2)
Anti-doping suspension / ineligibility
Anti-doping sanction
USADA announced today that Dr. Lucas Penchel, of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, has accepted a two-year sanction for a violation of the UFC ® Anti-Doping Policy (UFC ADP) resulting from his complicity in the administration and use of over-limit intravenous (IV) infusions of permitted substances on June 2, 2017 and November 3, 2017 by Carlos Costa and Paulo Costa, respectively.
Date
23 March 2020
Status
Suspended / sanctioned
Suspension length
2 years
Period start
17 March 2020
Period end
17 March 2022
Issuing body
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)
Issued by: U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)
Anti-doping suspension / ineligibility
Anti-doping sanction
USADA announced today that UFC Athlete Paulo Costa and one of his Athlete Support Personnel, Carlos Costa, of Contagem, Brazil, have each accepted a six-month sanction for violations of the UFC ® Anti-Doping Policy for use and administration, respectively, of a prohibited method.
Date
26 April 2019
Status
Suspended / sanctioned
Suspension length
6 months
Issuing body
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)
Issued by: U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)
Post-fight medical suspension (1)
Routine commission clearance requirements issued after a bout. These imply no wrongdoing.
Post-fight medical suspension
Post-fight medical suspension
The commission recorded 45/30 days; 60/60 days; 180/180 days; physician clearance required.