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Welsh knockout artist John Philips (6-1, 1NC) has become the first fighter to test positive for a banned substance under Cage Rage's new drug testing policy.

The Trojan Gym fighter had recorded the sixth stoppage win of his career against Jake Bostwick at Cage Rage 25 on Saturday.

Cage Rage have released the following statement:

"The question has often been raised as to the validity of drug testing, and whether efforts behind the ongoing attempts to regulate and monitor the use of banned substances really work, unfortunately we regret to advise and confirm the following - John Phillips, from Team Trojan tested positive for one of the drugs on the current banned list.

"Although the drug is not recognized as a performance enhancing drug, it is nevertheless on the list and the following action has been taken:

John Phillips fight purse has been withheld, the result of the bout with Jake Bostwick has been declared a non contest and a ban will be in place, prohibiting him from competing in any UK MMA event for a period of 120 days. "

Philips, like his opponent Bostwick, was a regular feature on Cage Rage's feeder series Contenders and was making his first appearance on the promotions main card at the Wembley Arena.