Filed under: Bellator , News Former Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko returns to the Viacom-owned promotion this month for the first time since a failed drug test turned his career upside down. Both the commission and Shlemenko declared victory when a state court reduced his three-year suspension , which stemmed from a positive test for steroid oxandrolone and a 50-1 testosterone-to-epitestosterone (T/E) ratio after his knockout win over Melvin Manhoef at Bellator 133 (watch the highlights above). The 32-year-old Russian continues to deny he used any banned substances and called the commission’s treatment of him “very biased.” “I think because the truth is on my side because I’ve never used any banned substances, and especially if you look at the numbers that were given, they were just absolutely crazy,” Shlemenko, who at Bellator 162 meets Kendall Grove , told MMAjunkie
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Ex-Bellator champ Alexander Shlemenko considered quitting MMA after suspension – MMA Junkie