UFC bantamweight Francisco Rivera suspended four years by USADA

An independent arbitrator has dropped the hammer on Francisco Rivera.
Rivera, a veteran UFC bantamweight, has been issued a four-year suspension by an independent arbitrator stemming from his July 2016 positive drug test for the banned substance clenbuterol, USADA has announced. That suspension is retroactive to Aug. 2016, the date on which Rivera was first provisionally suspended by USADA.
The verdict was made official Friday following a Dec. 2017 evidentiary hearing.Rivera is among several UF