Minotouro is caught in anti-doping and is out of UFC Winnipeg

R. Minotouro was provisionally suspended (Photo: Reproduction/Facebook R. Minotouro)

The veteran fighter Rogério Minotouro was preventively suspended by the UFC for failing an anti-doping test conducted by USADA. The athlete himself made a point of breaking the news to his fans through his social media profiles and guaranteed his innocence. According to Minotouro, USADA found a diuretic in the samples collected. The Brazilian had a fight scheduled with Jared Cannonier for UFC Winnipeg in December, but the duel was cancelled.

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Through a long statement dedicated to his students, fans, friends and family, the light heavyweight declared that he still does not have all the explanations and details of the positive test, but assured that he will look for the error, saying that he has never used anything illegal that improve his performance in his long career.

“Today I was surprised by USADA – the doping control body – who said that a diuretic substance appeared in my tests (…) I have always played by the rules, I am a veteran fighter and I have been in the sport for a long time; and I always want to set an example for younger people who look up to the career I have built and would never get involved with anything illegal to improve my performance or gain an advantage. I have never needed to take a diuretic, everyone who follows me, especially my coaches, knows that I have never had any difficulty losing weight and that is the function of the diuretic”, declared the Brazilian, who regretted going through this problem and assured that he will prove his innocence. .

” (…) From now on we will investigate this situation in depth, I come to tell all of you that I am confident in my innocence and we will actually find out what happened, and defend myself at the right time (…) It is very difficult to be going through This is for me, as I have always been honest, and especially with my work, which I dedicated myself to and still dedicate myself to with a lot of love”, declared Minotouro.

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Students, fans, friends, family: to everyone who is always by my side, I'm here talking to you. Today I was surprised by USADA – the doping control body – that a diuretic substance appeared in my tests. I'm here to try to clarify because we still don't have all the explanations, but from now on we're going to investigate this situation in depth, I come to tell you all that I'm confident in my innocence and we're going to find out what actually happened, and defend myself immediately. timely. I've always played by the rules, I'm a veteran fighter and I've been in the sport for a long time; and I always want to set an example for younger people who look up to the career I have built and would never get involved with anything illegal to improve my performance or gain an advantage. I have never needed to take a diuretic, everyone who follows me, especially my trainers, knows that I have never had any difficulty losing weight and that is the function of the diuretic. As soon as the UFC schedules my fight, I start a diet and training process so that, at the end of the camp, I don't suffer from losing weight. It's very difficult to be going through this, for me as I have always been honest, and especially with my work, which I dedicated myself to and still dedicate myself to with a lot of love. Unfortunately, my fight was cancelled, I was very sad about it all, but I hope to clarify this misunderstanding as soon as possible and give you all a spectacular fight. Thank you all for your support and respect for me.

A post shared by Rogerio Nogueira (@minotouromma) on Oct 19, 2017 at 12: 50 PDT

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