USADA announced today that Jay Jay Wilson, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., has accepted a three-month sanction for a violation of the Professional Fighters League (PFL) Anti-Doping Policy.
Wilson, 27, tested positive for metenolone and its metabolite 3α-hydroxy-1-methylene-5α-androstan-17-one as the result of an out-of-competition sample collected on April 1, 2024. Metenolone is a Non–Specified Substance in the class of Anabolic Agents and is prohibited at all times under the PFL Anti-Doping Policy (ADP) and PFL Prohibited List.
During USADA’s investigation into his case, Wilson, who was fully cooperative, identified that he shared a vape pen with a friend who had used metenolone orally shortly before using the vape pen but is not under USADA’s jurisdiction. USADA received corroborating evidence of the friend’s metenolone use and then worked with an independent WADA-accredited laboratory and coordinated with experts to confirm the scientific plausibility of this route of administration through a detailed metenolone administration study where oral fluid samples were collected and analyzed, which took several months to complete.
As a result of the study, and a detailed review of past published oral administration studies and the relatively low urinary concentrations observed in Mr. Wilson’s sample, USADA determined that the scenario was plausible and granted Wilson a significant reduction to the otherwise applicable period of ineligibility. Wilson’s three-month period of ineligibility began on April 1, 2024, the date his positive sample was collected. Wilson’s positive test also falls under the jurisdiction of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, which has resolved the case in accordance with its rules.
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