Although he retired in the days leading up to the public revelation that he had failed a UFC drug test, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic on Wednesday became the first UFC fighter officially sanctioned under the promotion’s drug testing program administered by the United States Anti-Doping Agency. Cro Cop pulled out of his UFC Fight Night 79 co-main event bout opposite Anthony Hamilton earlier this month, but within days of his withdrawal was provisionally suspended due to a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation. Cro Cop later admitted to using human growth hormone in an attempt to heal the shoulder injury that eventually forced him out of the fight. “When my shoulder problems started, basic methods like massages and icing the shoulder did not help,” he recounted. “Then I went to blood plasma which went straight into my shoulder. With each blood plasma, I had a little mix of growth hormone to make my shoulder heal faster.” USADA has now issued Cro Cop a two-year suspension for the violation, according to a UFC statement recognizing the sanction
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Mirko Cro Cop Suspended for Two Years for Doping Violation – MMA Weekly