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UFC says it has not been told of violation by Casey

Cortney Casey stands in the cage after her UFC 211 bout on May 13. -- AP photo

The Maui News

An official with the Ultimate Fighting Championship was quoted Friday as saying the mixed martial arts circuit had not been told by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency of a violation by Cortney Casey after reports emerged of the Kahului strawweight failing a drug test after her win over Jessica Aguilar at UFC 211 in Dallas on May 13.

“We have not been informed by USADA of anything regarding a potential anti-doping policy violation for Cortney Casey,” Jeff No-vitzky, the UFC’s vice president of health and performance, said on mmafighting.com, a website operated by SB Nation. “No positive tests, no suspicion of anything — now or in the past. USADA has not been in contact with us about anything at all related to that.”

According to the website, Casey tested positive for a testosterone-to-epitestosterone ratio that surpassed the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation limit and faces a three-month suspension. The site also reported, however, that while the same threshold is used by the World Anti-Doping Agency, surpassing it would not immediately result in a sanction, but would instead call for additional tests.

As of Saturday evening, Casey was still credited with a win by decision over Aguilar on ufc.com, and was listed as the 11th-ranked fighter in her class.

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