Werdum breaks silence and talks about doping and promises to 'clarify misunderstandings'

The fight between Werdum (photo) and Oleynik was not made official by the UFC. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC

On Tuesday (22) it was announced that the Brazilian fighter Fabricio Werdum failed a USADA out-of-competition drug test on April 25. The substance tested was not disclosed. One day after being caught in the USADA drug test, Fabricio Werdum went to his social network to talk about the subject.

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“I was taken by surprise by the news that one of the tests taken by USADA in April was positive for a banned substance. I made myself available to USADA and the UFC and I am working with my team to understand what happened. I have always been very careful with everything I take and have always supported clean sport. You can be sure that we will clear up this misunderstanding and I hope to soon be able to get back to doing what I love, which is fighting,” said the Brazilian on Instagram.

Hey guys, I was taken by surprise by the news that one of the tests taken by USADA in April was positive for a banned substance. I made myself available to USADA and the UFC and I am working with my team to understand what happened. I have always been very careful with everything I take and have always supported clean sport. You can be sure that we will clear up this misunderstanding and I hope to soon be able to get back to doing what I love, which is fighting. ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Hey guys, I got up this morning to the news that one of my urine samples from April tested positive for a prohibited substance. I am working with my team, the UFC and USADA to understand what happened. I've always been careful with everything I take and I've always supported a clean sport. We will work hard to solve this misunderstanding and I hope soon to be able to go back to the octagon and do what I love

A publication shared by Fabricio Werdum 🥇 (@werdum) on May 22, 2018 at 4:46 am PDT

Journalist Ariel Helwani, from the MMA Fighting website, on Monday (21) said that Werdum would face alexey oleynik at the main event of UFC Moscow In September. The organization did not make the fight official.

In an interview with the MMA Fighting website, Werdum's manager, Ali Abdel-Aziz, said that the UFC did not inform Werdum or his team that the fight with Oleynik was cancelled. “The entire UFC team and I are all working together to resolve this issue. I am very confident that everything will be fine. It's a misunderstanding. Something is wrong. Fabricio did not do anything illegal”, he concluded

Werdum is coming off a knockout defeat in the fourth round to Alexander Volkov No. UFC London in March. Werdum, 40 years old, would have already placed himself on the list of potential title contenders if he beat Volkov.