Particle.news
Download on the App Store

Matias Defends WBC Super-Lightweight Title vs. Smith on Saturday in Brooklyn

Regulators kept the bout on the schedule following low-level ostarine findings, placing the champion on a year of probation.

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.