Former Bellator title challenger Alejandra Lara has been suspended for 9 months by the Nevada Athletic Fee after testing constructive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine.
The fee authorised an adjudication settlement on Wednesday, Aug. 26, following a constructive take a look at linked to Lara’s April 24 bout in opposition to Jaeleen Robledo at Tuff-N-Uff 153. Lara misplaced the struggle by third-round guillotine submission.
The banned stimulant is prohibited always in fight sports activities. The suspension, confirmed throughout a fee assembly on August 26, 2026, will final till January 24, 2027. Together with the suspension, Lara was fined $412.50 and ordered to pay $250.60 in prosecution charges. She may also be required to bear extra drug testing if she seeks to be licensed to struggle in Nevada once more. Lara, a former distinguished competitor in Bellator, has confronted notable fighters corresponding to Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, Juliana Velasquez, Kana Watanabe, and DeAnna Bennett earlier than persevering with her profession on the regional struggle circuit.
The fee additional required Lara to bear extra drug testing if she seeks to acquire a Nevada preventing license once more after serving the suspension.
