The number 2 ranked middleweight in the UFC, Yoel Romero has just failed an out of competition drug test.

According to MMAjunkie’s Steven Marrocco, it’s for a designer steroid.

Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven
Hearing that Romero popped for a designer steroid – a peptide that increases testosterone production

Romero was informed by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) of a doping violation that came after an out of competition test conducted by USADA.

The UFC made the official announcement on Tuesday, January 12th.

The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) informed Yoel Romero of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collection.

USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case involving Romero. Additional information will be provided at the appropriate time as the process moves forward.

His last UFC bout was on December 12, 2015 at UFC 194 vs Ronaldo Jacare. Romero won the fight via split decision. 2 of 17 media outlets scored the bout in favor of Romero.

Yoel Romero (12 W- 1 L) is a former World Champion and Olympic silver medalist in freestyle wrestling. He competes in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and formerly competed in the now-defunct Strikeforce organization. Romero is #2 in the official UFC middleweight ranking.

Romero has a 7-0 record inside the UFC, with victories over Lyoto Machida, Tim Kennedy, Derek Brunson, and Clifford Starks.

He was next in line to challenge for Luke Rockhold’s middleweight title.

Ex opponent, Tim Kennedy’s reaction to the news:

@arielhelwani Ahhh ha ha ha ha.

— Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyMMA) January 12, 2016

More social media reactions:

Dave Sholler @Sholler_UFC
UFC has issued a statement regarding Yoel Romero: The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) informed Yoel Romero of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collection.
USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case involving Romero. Additional information will be provided at the appropriate time as the process moves forward.

MMAjunkie’s Steven Marrocco:

Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven
Hearing that Romero popped for a designer steroid – a peptide that increases testosterone production.

Tim Kennedy @TimKennedyMMA
•hey buddy. Did Jesus tell you to use steroids?
•FYI Gay Jesus isn’t ok with #PED
•bummer you weren’t tested for our fight. Is that why you needed the stool?
•grabbing the cage, kicks to the groin, long breaks between rounds, PEDs, not sure if there are any ways left for you to cheat
• hey bro I’m in the market for some anabolic steroids you got any extra?

michael @bisping
•So Yoel tests positive, not surprised at all #roider of God is a cheating scumbag, @TimKennedyMMA I feel ur pain having been there before
•Looks like Im one of the only clean athletes in the 185ers @ufc when I beat Anderson ‘viagra’ silva, I want my title shot, #cleanfighter

Tim Kennedy @TimKennedyMMA
@bisping crazy to think about all the dudes we have beat while we were clean. Hat is off to you.?

michael @bisping
@TimKennedyMMA for once Tim, I agree with you lol. Shame on hat sham of a man, and anyone else who cheats. Zero honor!?

Derek Brunson @DerekBrunson
•Let’s fight for it. I’m cleaner than anyone . Never done drugs, alcohol or PED
•My record needs to be fixed. No middleweight in the world can beat me without PED. I’m disgusted…

Josh Samman @JoshSamman
Another one bites the dust! PED failures are I think the only appropriate time to revel in the downfall of others. Thank you @usantidoping.

Brian Stann @BrianStann
Going to be a much more difficult yr to use PED’s w/ way more tests. Most young fighters are no longer tempted to use, big change for better