MMA Fighting · May 22, 2018
Fabricio Werdum fails USADA drug test, facing UFC anti-doping violation
Just one day after news broke that Fabricio Werdum would be headlining the UFC’s debut in Russia, the former UFC heavyweight champion is in hot water with USADA.
Werdum failed a USADA out-of-competition drug test, stemming from a sample collected April 25, the UFC announced Tuesday. He is facing a UFC anti-doping violation. The substance that he tested positive for was not released, per policy.
On Monday, MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani reported that Werdum would face Alexey Oleynik in the UFC Moscow main event in September. It is unclear if that will happen now and that was not addressed in the UFC release, likely because the promotion never officially announced that bout.