PFL heavyweight Bruno Cappelozza won’t fight again until 2025 after he was suspended for one year by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
This is actually the second suspension the Brazilian has faced for using banned substances after he was hit with a nine-month sanction by the Nevada Athletic Commission . He was busted for using drostanolone — an anabolic steroid — and his win over Matheus Scheffel was overturned to a no-contest.
On Monday, USADA officials announced that Cappelozza has now been suspended for one year after an out-of-competition drug test conducted on April 17 came back positive for clomiphene and its metabolite desethyl-clomifene. Clomiphene is banned at all times for athletes and listed in the class of hormone and metabolic modulators.
The one-year suspension was the maximum sentence allowable based on the substance used.
Cappelozza remains suspended until April 17, 2025.
USADA oversees the PFL anti-doping policy, which was instituted after a rash of positive drug tests plagued the promotion’s 2023 season.
It’s been a rough couple of years for the 35-year-old veteran after he won the PFL heavyweight tournament back in 2021, but then fell to Scheffel by decision in 2022. He recorded a knockout in the rematch, which was then overturned due to the positive drug test in 2023.
In his return to action at the start of 2024, Cappelozza fell to ex-Bellator champion Vadim Nemkov by second-round submission.
