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.