Overview
- The card streams on PPV.com on January 10 with main-event ring walks expected around 10:30–11 p.m. ET.
- VADA reported ostarine in both Matias samples at about 0.085 ng/mL, which is below New York’s 0.1 ng/mL punishment threshold.
- The WBC and New York commission approved the defense with enhanced testing requirements, supplement education, and a one-year probation.
- Critics argue that allowing a title bout after two positives, even with suspected supplement contamination, weakens anti-doping credibility.
- Matias enters at 23-2 with 22 knockouts; unbeaten challenger Dalton Smith is 18-0 with 13 knockouts and says he can stop the champion.