Magomedrasul Gasanov pulled from UFC bout over prohibited substance found in system

Magomedrasul Gasanov was removed from his scheduled fight against Abubakar Vagaev after UFC flagged a substance found in his system. According to Gasanov's sparring partner Ikram Aliskerov, Gasanov submitted records of everything he had taken over the past six months and passed his drug test clean, but UFC required him to be retested over a specific substance that remains in the body for an extended period. Aliskerov compared the situation to past meldonium cases, suggesting the substance was a common supplement rather than a performance-enhancing drug.