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UFC says it did not cover up sketchy Vitor Belfort drug test in 2012

HOUSTON -- The UFC has responded to an explosive accusation hurled by Deadspin in a Sept. 21 article.

The piece, headlined "A sketchy drug test didn't stop Vitor Belfort from fighting at UFC 152," strongly intimated Belfort was doping and the UFC knew it, but allowed him to fight then-champion Jon Jones for the UFC light heavyweight championship on Sept. 22, 2012 in Toronto anyway.

Speaking for the UFC, company PR head Dave Sholler denied the insinuation.

"I think one of the things to keep in mind with this particular topic is, any suggestion or inference that there was a coverup in regards to that was categorically false," Sholler said at the UFC 192 post-fight press conference at Toyota Center.