In late December 2016, UFC heavyweight Josh Barnett was informed that he’d been flagged for a potential violation of the company’s anti-doping policy after a sample he’d submitted earlier that month revealed the presence of ostarine, a banned substance. Approximately 15 months later, an arbitrator found that Barnett bore “the extreme low end” of fault for this violation, for which he’d already suffered a “de facto punishment” in the form of this long period of ineligibility. Therefore, according to chief arbitrator Richard McLaren, Barnett deserved only a “reprimand” for his use of a tainted supplement. Related Josh Barnett cleared to fight, receives only 'public reprimand' for USADA violation Whether or not it sounds like it, that’s a groundbreaking victory with potentially far-reaching implications in the UFC. And all it cost Barnett was the time and money it took to see this thing all the way through to the end
See the original post here:
How Josh Barnett’s USADA arbitration could be a game-changer for UFC fighters – MMA Junkie