Magomedrasul Gasanov pulled from Abubaker Vagaev fight over banned substance issue

Magomedrasul Gasanov was removed from his scheduled bout against Abubaker Vagaev after the UFC objected to a substance found in his system. According to fighter Ikram Aliskerov, a sparring partner of Gasanov, the substance in question is one that can remain detectable in the body for an extended period, and Gasanov's subsequent tests returned clean results. Aliskerov compared the situation to the meldonium cases that affected other fighters, suggesting the substance was a common supplement rather than a performance-enhancing drug.