BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Test Failure https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 NSAC suspends Brian Bowles nine months, issues $5,700 fine for UFC 160 failure https://www.badmma.com/nsac-suspends-brian-bowles-nine-months-issues-5700-fine-for-ufc-160-failure.html https://www.badmma.com/nsac-suspends-brian-bowles-nine-months-issues-5700-fine-for-ufc-160-failure.html#comments Fri, 16 Aug 2013 03:25:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/nsac-suspends-brian-bowles-nine-months-issues-5700-fine-for-ufc-160-failure.html The Nevada State Athletic Commission today suspended UFC bantamweight Brian Bowles for nine months and fined him 30 percent of his UFC 160 purse for an elevated testosterone-to-epitestosterone (T/E) ratio. Bowles, who lost to George Roop via second-round TKO, is suspended retroactively to the event and forfeits $5,700 of his $19,000 purse to the commission. Unexpectedly, Bowles was present at the hearing and said he had no idea why he failed his test, according to ESPN reporter Brett Okamoto , who attended Bowles’ hearing today in Las Vegas. As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) previously reported, the NSAC expected to proceed with its disciplinary complaint without Bowles in attendance , as the fighter hadn’t responded to a written notification of his drug test failure and a temporary suspension.

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