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USA Today
02-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
UFC suspends Douglas Silva de Andrade six months for positive drug test
The reason why the UFC pulled Douglas Silva de Andrade minutes after he hit the scale Feb. 28 in Las Vegas has now been revealed. Thursday, the promotion said the cancellation came when anti-doping program CSAD detected the presence of furosemide, a prohibited substance, from a Feb. 14 urine sample. As a result, he has been suspended six months. The notification just happened to come minutes after Silva de Andrade (29-6 MMA, 7-6 UFC) weighed in for his March 1 fight vs. John Castaneda for UFC Fight Night 253. The bout was subsequently canceled for what the promotion said at the time was a lack of medical clearance. According to CSAD, Silva de Andrade submitted a supplement he was consuming to SMRTL labs. The container did not list furosemide but tested positive for the substance. An additional unopened container of the supplement returned the same positive test. Silva de Andrade, 39, has been on the UFC roster since 2014 and does not have history of failed drug tests. He will be eligible to return to competition Aug. 28, 2025.
USA Today
28-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
UFC Fight Night 253 loses another bout due to lack of medical clearance
LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 253 is down another fight. The preliminary card matchup between John Castaneda and Douglas Silva de Andrade is off, the promotion announced Friday. The bout initially was scheduled for bantamweight, then shifted to a 140-pound catchweight. Both fighters hit their marks during Friday's weigh-in window, but did not participate in ceremonial faceoffs. Promotion officials told MMA Junkie on Friday the reason for the cancellation was Silva de Andrade (29-6 MMA, 7-6 UFC) not receiving medical clearance for the fight vs. Castaneda (21-7 MMA, 4-3 UFC). Neither fighter has publicly commented on the cancellation. The cancellation came less than two hours after another prelim was called off due to weight management issues with Luana Carolina, who was supposed to fight Montana De La Rosa in a women's flyweight bout. The card will move forward with 10 fights total. With the cancellations, the UFC Fight Night 253 lineup includes: MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET) Manel Kape vs. Asu Almabayev Cody Brundage vs. Julian Marquez Nasrat Haqparast vs. Esteban Ribovics Austen Lane vs. Mario Pinto Hyder Amil vs. William Gomis PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4:30 p.m. ET) Danny Barlow vs. Sam Patterson Chepe Mariscal vs. Ricardo Ramos JJ Aldrich vs. Andrea Lee Lucas Almeida vs. Danny Silva Charles Johnson vs. Ramazan Temirov For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for UFC Fight Night 253.
