THE FIGHTER WHO ended Norman Parke’s five-year unbeaten run has been suspended under the UFC’s new anti-doping rules.
Gleison Tibau has been ‘provisionally suspended’ due to a potential failed out of competition drug test, according to a statement released this evening.
The Brazilian defeated Parke at UFC Fight Night 59 in Boston’s TD Garden last January to end the Antrim fighter’s 11-fight unbeaten record.
“The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has notified both Gleison Tibau and UFC that he has been provisionally suspended due to a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition test,” the UFC statement read.
“USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case involving Gleison Tibau. Additional information will be provided at the appropriate time in the process.”
The statement, however, doesn’t state when the test took place, meaning the violation could have occurred after the 32-year-old’s win at UFC Fight Night 77 in November.
Tibau (17-9) defeated Abel Trujillo in Sao Paulo to continue his impressive record in the promotion’s lightweight division.
Parke has since lost to Francisco Trinaldo but defeated Reza Madadi by unanimous decision in Dublin. He has been added to the card for London in February where he will go head-to-head with Rustam Khabilov.
Well done to Stephen for sharing his story, the mind is a powerful thing and the effects our thoughts can have on our body. I’m sure anorexia is more prevalent than we think with males and does not only affect females. Glad he has come out the other side and his life is going well now.
Immense inner strength to come through it all and hugely considerate and brave to share his journey in the hope of helping others.
Well done Stephen… You battled through and you’ll have a lifelong benefit from the struggle you’ve endured. Best of luck with the rest of your life and of course Round Towers (Lusk) too.
5 and a half stone is 35kg. Let’s say your an 18 year old and ur 83kg and u lose that much then you’re 48kg. Thats really unhealthy and if u don’t eat enough food then youll have no energy for exercise. Sounds awful
@Eoin Murphy:
Definitely a tough station.
His starting weight was 114kg & he lost 35kg to bring him down to 79kg which is very light for a man of his frame.
Some mental battle to win.
@Liam H: sorry i missed that part its a long article. There are some third years in the rugby who weigh more than without an ounce of fat