Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight No. 1 contender, Vitor Belfort, was forced to abandon his testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) in early 2014, after the controversial treatment was outlawed by Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC).
It was that inability to secure a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) that first sabotaged his 185-pound showdown against Chris Weidman.
Fast forward more than a year later and "The Phenom" still has higher testosterone levels than the "All American," despite being eight years older (38) and suffering from hypogonadism, a condition that prevents the body from producing adequate levels of testosterone.
On March 16, Belfort was tested and scored 12 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL) of testosterone in the body, as well as a testosterone-epitestosterone (T/E) 1.