Two and a half years after declaring his “martial times” over and done with, Mirko Cro Cop is back in a major MMA promotion. But in a way, he never really left this sport, despite a two-year suspension for violating the UFC’s anti-doping policy under USADA, which is where things get complicated. Monday, Bellator announced Cro Cop will make his debut for the promotion in a heavyweight rematch with fellow former UFC fighter Roy Nelson at Bellator 200 in London on May 25 . But Cro Cop has been in a sort of MMA exile since November 2015, when he abruptly retired just before news broke that he’d admitted to using human growth hormone prior to a scheduled UFC bout against Anthony Hamilton. USADA handed down a two-year suspension for that offense.
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