UFC heavyweight Hamdy Abdelwahab has been banned for two years after failing two drug tests for the banned substance methenolone.
Abdelwahab, 30, was a protege of UFC star Jorge Masvidal and had previously competed for Masvidal's Gamebred FC and iKON FC promotions before receiving a call-up from the UFC last June. The Egyptian heavyweight won his UFC debut as he defeated Don'Tale Mayes by split decision, but the result of the fight has now been changed to a no-contest as a result of his drug test failures.
The UFC's anti-doping agency, USADA, announced the news of Abdelwahab's two-year sanction on Friday. Abdelwahab returned two positive drug tests for metholone, which is an anabolic/androgen steroid that is also known as primobolan. The first positive test Abdelwahab returned came on the day of his fight against Mayes, with the second coming a month later.
