Originally posted by GoreGoreGore:
Lol Connor suspended 18 months. Gonna miss his MAGA fight.
NVM now it's until March. Even the doping committee is corrupt
It's retroactive. It was reduced from the standard 2 years to 18 months because he was recovering and not actively preparing for a fight. Having to tell people where you are at at all times and to be ready to submit to a test within one hour is kinda crazy. I think 18 months is fair. BTW, I think these are the whereabouts rules UFC fighters must adhere to:
You have failed to submit your whereabouts by the required deadline (Filing Failure).
- You have failed to update your whereabouts or you have not updated them as soon as possible after a change of circumstances (Filing Failure).
- You have filed your whereabouts on time but they are incomplete or inaccurate or insufficient to enable us to locate you for testing (training address missing, home address too vague, competition schedule missing or incomplete, no address of temporary accommodation during competition…) (Filing Failure).
- The Athletics Integrity Unit finds out that your whereabouts are inaccurate or incomplete following an unsuccessful attempt to test you (e.g. an athlete lives in a gated complex and fails to give instructions to the security gate to let the doping control officer in) (Filing Failure).
- You have filed whereabouts information but you are not available for testing at the location corresponding to your 60-minute time slot (Missed Test).
- You have failed to submit your whereabouts by the required deadline (Filing Failure).
CONSEQUENCES Under the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules, any combination of 3 whereabouts failures (Filing Failure and/or Missed Test) within a period of 12 months constitute an anti-doping rule violation, for which the applicable sanction is 2 years' ineligibility subject to a reduction to a minimum of 1 year depending on your degree of fault.
Whereabouts failures will be systematically and strictly enforced by the AIU. Athletes' compliance with the Whereabouts program is crucial and the AIU expects your full cooperation to avoid Whereabouts Failures.
[ Edited by TheSixthRing on Oct 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM ]