Lombard suspended, fined $69k and win reversed
source | FoxSports.com
The Nevada State Athletic Commission on Monday suspended UFC welterweight Hector Lombard for one year after he tested positive for steroids.
Lombard, 37, a top-10-ranked welterweight, admitted taking the banned substance, but blamed his failed test on pills he was given by a friend.
“I have never knowingly put a prohibited substance into my body,” Lombard told the commission.
The commission quickly moved into deliberation, where it agreed on a one-year suspension for Lombard, retroactive to the date of the fight on Jan. 3, as well as fining him his full $53,000 win bonus and one-third of his fight purse, for a total of about $69,000.