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 The
Nevada State Athletic Commission suspended seven-time UFC veteran Cody McKenzie
four years for first refusing to take a drug test then submitting a fake urine
sample. The Nevada State Attorney General laid out the official complaint: “On
Sept. 14, 2018, prior to his contest at the Orleans Hotel, he was given a valid
request by a commission representative to provide a urine sample before his
bout, but the respondent, Mr. McKenzie, refused and declared that he was going
to go to his room and would not provide a sample until it was closer to his
bout. When the respondent did return and provide a sample, the sample itself
registered as abnormally high – in temperature, that is. When he was confronted
about this, he made several representations including that if, ‘this’ got out,
he would lose his job, as well as an admission that he had smoked pot that day.
When the respondent as asked if he had anything hidden on his person, had at
first denied it, but upon further questioning, he ultimately relinquished from
his clothing a bottle of urine substitute. This bottle, which he had concealed
on his person, in his clothing, was capped with a nozzle that would let its
liquid contents be streamed from it. The bottle, itself, contained a warm,
yellow-tinted liquid that match the false contents of the sample he provided.
Additionally, the bottle had a hand-warmer attached to it by a rubber band. This
conduct by the respondent is not only an anti-doping violation, but it also
violated other regulations that govern the commission.” The four year ban came
from McKenzie trying to avoid the drug test. Since the fight never happened
there was no financial penalty applied but he has to pay the NSAC the costs and
fees of the case totaling $944.84 is he wants to fight in Nevada ever again.
McKenzie was a cast member of The Ultimate Fighter 12 in 2010 but lost the
tournament quarterfinals. He fought in UFC seven times but lost 4 fights and
only won 3. In a fight with Sam Stout he entered the Octagon wearing gym shorts
that still had a sales tag hanging from them. He was cut soon after and had 2-7
in the five years after his release. |
