Today the World Anti Doping Agency published their 2015 Anti-Doping Rule Violations (“ADRV”) Report. The full report can be found here.
Combative sports only made up 2 of the top 10 sports with the most anti-doping rule violations. Specifically boxing and wrestling placed 8th and 9th on the list.
Of the overall adverse samples, 65% resulted in sanctions, 12% of athletes were cleared as having valid medical reasons for ingesting the substances and 8% were cleared resulting in no sanction due to issues such as tainted supplements or tainted meat.
In terms of combat sports specific findings the data revealed as follows
Sport Total Samples Taken Total Adverse Findings ADRV Established
Boxing 4842 85 58
Judo 5104 35 21
Taekwondo 2184 21 12
Wrestling 5381 62 52
Karate 936 13 11
Wushu 397 7 6
Kickboxing 537 22 20
Muay Thai 192 14 12
Sambo 352 8 8
Savate 46 1 1
Combat Sports 24 2 2
MMA 484 12 6
Jiu Jitsu 2 1 –
Kung Fu 20 1 1
Combat Sports Law 