In case you didn’t know…
In May 2018, just under two months since his last fight against Volkov, Werdum was suspected for a potential USADA violation. Three months following this incident, Fabricio Werdum was found to have tested positive for an anabolic steroid, Trenbolone, and its metabolite, Epitrenbolone. The UFC rendered a 2-year suspension on Werdum, making him eligible for a return to the promotion only by April 22nd, 2020.
Soon after the hearing, Fabricio Werdum’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, confessed that he feels Werdum’s run in the UFC, was in fact, coming to a halt. He also went on to profess that he expected Alexander Volkov to be Werdum’s last opponent in the UFC, before his thought to move to another fighting promotion, outside of the country.
The heart of the matter
In January 2019, as reported by MMA Fighting, Fabricio Werdum released a statement requesting his release from the UFC. He said:
By the looks of it, it seems as though Werdum is also willing to step away from the UFC, with grace. He promised the UFC that he would indeed not step into doing business with any of the UFC’s main competitors in the USA, as a show of loyalty and respect to the avenue that kept his hunger to fight, alive, for over a decade.
What’s next?
Mixed martial arts is a sport that is world renowned, and present in nations all over the globe. With fighting avenues such as Pancrase and Rizin Fighting Federation, do you think Fabricio Werdum will make his presence in the UFC missed?
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