Former champion Anderson Silva pulled from UFC China card for possible doping
Former middleweight champion Anderson (The Spider) Silva has been pulled from a Nov. 25 UFC card in China for a potential doping violation dating back to an Oct. 26 out-of-competition sample.
The UFC said it has removed the 42-year-old Brazilian from the Shanghai card and is looking for a new opponent for American Kelvin Gastelum.
Silva, considered a mixed martial artist legend, won 10 consecutive title defences over seven years as the UFC’s 185-pound champion until losing the belt to Chris Weidman in 2013.
He was suspended for one year in August 2015 after testing positive for steroid use.