‘dope’ fight

Sues drug maker for ruining his big-pay match

A MIXED martial arts fighter from Spanish Harlem sued Thursday over tainted supplements that he says got him suspended before a momentous UFC showdown at Madison Square Garden.

Lyman (Cyborg) Good alleged in Manhattan Supreme Court that the supplement manufacturer, Gaspari Nutrition, intentionally deceived consumers about the contents of its product, Anavite.

The product says it’s fit for any “category bodybuilder, MMA athlete or weekend warrior.” But the supplement does not disclose on its list of ingredients that it contains “1-andro,” a steroid prohibited by the UFC and deemed a controlled substance by the FDA, the suit says.

Good, 32, also brought related claims in a separate suit filed in Manhattan Federal Court.

The fighter said he turned over bottles of the supplement to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which confirmed the presence of the steroid, according to the suit.

He alleges that Gaspari does not disclose the steroid among the supplement’s ingredients because it makes the product more desirable to consumers. “Harmful illegal drugs were added in order to increase sales in the competitive dietary supplements industry,” the suit charges. Good was suspended for six months beginning last October — weeks before UFC 205, which was the first UFC event in New York.

Good (photo), who has resumed fighting in the welterweight division, maintained he hadn’t taken the prohibited substance intentionally. He believed Anavite was a multivitamin.

“I’d NEVER cheat the journey of hard work and more importantly I’d NEVER cheat myself,” Good told the website MMA Fighting in April. “The integrity of my name is something that I’ve worked too hard just to have it questioned because of whatever the f--- they’re saying is in my system.”

Good also names Vitamin Shoppe as a defendant for continuing to sell the product despite concerns. He seeks damages to be determined at trial for loss of income, damage to reputation and other claims.

An email to Gaspari Nutrition was not returned. A Vitamin Shoppe spokeswoman said the company does not comment on pending litigation.