Dan HiergesellSun, November 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM UTC·1 min readThe Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) drug testing program is nothing to mess around with, even if you’re a fighter who hasn’t competed in a decade.
On Saturday, a member of the MMA community did a little digging into UFC’s anti-doping database and uncovered something very odd. According to 2025’s database, a drug test was administered to a fighter who hasn’t fought inside of the Octagon since 2016. That’s right, 2016!
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSo who is this mystery man?
It’s none other than Sheldon Westcott. The now 41-year-old Canadian fighter competed on The Ultimate Fighter: Nations season back in 2014 and earned himself a spot in the finale. Westcott went on to lose the final matchup to Elias Theodorou, but his efforts still earned him additional UFC appearances. Westcott went 1-1 over his next two trips to the Octagon before pulling out of a fight in Dec. 2017 and never being heard from again.
Check out the database proof below:
So why exactly is UFC’s drug-testing agency still checking up on Westcott?
To be honest, it doesn’t make much sense. It’s not like Westcott is going to plot some sort of comeback at the age of 41. It also doesn’t make sense why the promotion would waste time and money testing a fighter who hasn’t fought since Jan. 2016.
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