California court lifts Alexander Shlemenko’s drug suspension

Alexander Shlemenko had his three-year suspension reduced by a California court today, but the California State Athletic Commission is still considering the court case a victory. Shlemenko, a former Bellator middleweight champion, was handed the suspension along with a $10,000 fine when he tested positive for steroids. That left him ineligible to fight until 2018.

Until the ruling that is, which dropped his suspension to the date his California fighter license expired – February 28th. They ruled that he could compete again immediately, once he paid a reduced fine.

According to MMA Fighting, the court dropped the suspension due to his lawyer arguing that, when Shlemenko was sent notification of the …

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