Doctor suspended for two years by USADA for prescription to Paulo Borrachinha

P. Borrachinha in victory for the UFC. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook UFC

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced, this Monday (23), the two-year suspension of Lucas Penchel, a doctor accused of carrying out intravenous infusions above the limit allowed for Paulo borrachinha, in 2017. The information was confirmed through a statement released by 'MMA Fighting'.

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“Dr. Lucas Penchel, of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, accepted a two-year sanction for violating the UFC Anti-Doping Policy resulting from his complicity in the administration and use of intravenous infusions above the substance limit on June 2, 2017 and November 3, 2017. XNUMX, by Carlos Costa and Paulo Costa, respectively”, published the entity.

According to the Anti-Doping Agency, the professional's procedures carried out in Borrachinha took place in the period preceding UFC 212, which took place in June 2017. On that occasion, the Brazilian faced and defeated the American Oluwale Bamgbose.

The same procedure would have happened in November of the same year, when Paulo was preparing for the confrontation against Johny Hendrix, at UFC 217.

In April last year, the middleweight (up to 83,9kg) ended up being punished by USADA for six months due to the aforementioned episodes. As the date was retroactive, the athlete, who hadn't played since November, didn't spend much time outside the Octagon and was able to return in July 2018, when he crashed. Uriah Hall, at UFC 226.

With the punishment by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, Dr. Lucas will have to spend two years without working with athletes involved in MMA. Therefore, the professional will only be able to resume his activities in mixed martial arts from March 2022.