Unfortunate Circumstances Unravelled After Ryan Garcia Drug Testing Controversy Ends; UFC Legend Sheds Light on Sean O’Malley’s Troubles

Ryan Garcia’s PED controversy shook the entire realm of combat sports. After Devin Haney announced that the star boxer tested positive for trace amounts of Ostarine in his system, Conor McGregor lashed out and ranted against Garcia. UFC bantamweight champion, Sean O’Malley was also caught in the crosshairs. Now, as the boxer’s PED controversy comes to an end with sample B having no presence of 19-norandrosterone, O’Malley also received support as Michael Bisping talked about ‘contaminated supplements’.

Bisping took to his YouTube channel and disclosed a talk he previously had with Jeff Novitzky, the Senior Vice President of Athlete Health and Performance for the UFC. To the former fighter’s surprise, Novitzky revealed how exactly factories gave birth to the said ‘contaminated supplements’, which created some unfortunate circumstances for ‘Suga’.

UFC vet swoops in to defend Sean O’Malley

In a recent talk on his YT channel, ‘The Count’ sent a million-dollar advice to ‘Suga’. But before that, he decided to tackle the claims about supplements being the reason for the fighter failing the drug test. Although he previously believed that it was nothing but “bull***”, his view changed following a conversation with Novitzky. “I was talking to him on that and he kind of made me think differently.”

Bisping recollected the conversation, saying that the supplement industry usually doesn’t have a separate manufacturing plant for different products. The line-up generally proceeds as a cascade, where one supplement batch begins after the completion of the manufacture of a totally different product with totally different ingredients. Unfortunately, these machines aren’t often cleaned properly. As a result of which, most of the supplements get contaminated.

Bisping admitted that he initially didn’t believe Novitzky. He said, “And he was like, ‘No, Michael trust me. That does happen. And it appears, it happened this time to Sean O’Malley.’” Needless to say, the same condition might have been true for Garcia.

Jeff Novitzky defended the fighters testing positive for Ostarine

Back in 2020, Cub Swanson took to X and asked Novitzky the reason why many athletes were getting trace amounts of Ostarine in their tests. The drug testing in-charge replied that it was all due to the compound being the most common contaminant in the supplement industry. However, such amounts can be ignored since they do not add up to enhance an athlete’s performance in any way. Novitzky further wrote that such trace levels of contaminants can be found in the entire sporting universe. 

‘King Ry’ was finally cleared of his worries after his second sample tested negative for 19-norandrosterone. However, the fighter could not shake off the trace amounts of Ostarine. But it could be due to the ‘contaminated supplements’. And with that, O’Malley also seems to have found peace. The mixed martial artist has undoubtedly faced immense heat from the fighting community. But did he deserve any of it?

What do you think of the contaminations in the supplement industries? How do you think the committee can tackle this issue? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.