Fabricio Werdum is the latest UFC fighter to find himself in the crosshairs of USADA (U.S. Anti-Doping Agency). The 40 year old Brazilian was in talks to be featured on the epic UFC Moscow card against Oleinik however looks like that hit a big snag.
UFC press release reads (http://www.ufc.com/news/UFC-Statement-on-Fabricio-Werdum):
“The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Fabricio Werdum of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on April 25, 2018.”
Werdum had previously complained about the USADA without much reason saying:
“I think that this testing is too much, too strict,It didn’t have to be that much. It’s one thing to take something to recover faster… I’m not saying steroids, no. What I say is that USADA is too much sometimes. It’s too much. It didn’t need that much. This testing is stricter than the Olympics.”“I’ve never seen this before. I think it could be better. There are things that you could take that wouldn’t affect your performance, but you would recover faster. We train too hard.” via mmafighting (https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/9/5/16222272/fabricio-werdum-reacts-junior-dos-santos-potential-violation-usada-too-strict)
Last month Josh Barnett was cleared of all USADA charges - something unheard of upto that point. Barnett (40) had tested positive back in 2016. At one point a 4 year suspension was hanging over his head. In the end USADA cleared him of doping violation saying:
“He unknowingly ingested a Contaminated Product. In doing so, he did commit an ADPV because he had a Prohibited Substance in his Sample but he did not actively engage in attempting, in any way, to engage in the use of a Prohibited Substance.”via http://mmajunkie.com/2018/01/ufc-josh-barnett-usada-settlement-four-year-suspension.What do you think? Was Werdum taking something?