The UFC is defending the results of a drug test it performed on middleweight Cung Le , who failed due to human growth hormone and was subsequently suspended one year. “We stand by the results and subsequent suspension,” a UFC official told MMAjunkie. “We have no further comment.” Michael Bisping (25-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC) battered Le (9-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) en route to a fourth-round TKO in the headliner of August’s UFC Fight Night 48 event. Le, a former Strikeforce champion who returned from a two-year layoff, was first benched for nine months. The promotion then extended his suspension to one year after “ an error was discovered ” in its internal process. In a statement this past week, Le called into question the UFC’s testing procedures after his failed test and said his doctors were looking into the possibility of a serious health concern related to elevated HGH
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UFC stands behind Cung Le’s drug test results, one-year suspension – MMA Junkie