{"id":286429,"date":"2018-10-01T08:09:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T15:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=286429"},"modified":"2018-10-01T08:09:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T15:09:39","slug":"fabricio-werdum-still-hopes-to-fight-again-despite-lengthy-usada-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/fabricio-werdum\/fabricio-werdum-still-hopes-to-fight-again-despite-lengthy-usada-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabricio Werdum still hopes to fight again despite lengthy USADA suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having received <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/fabricio-werdum\/fabricio-werdum-says-usada-offered-him-the-chance-to-snitch-but-he-turned-it-down\/\">a two-year sanction<\/a> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-229\/sean-omalley-announces-hes-out-of-ufc-229-due-to-potential-usada-violation\/\">United States Anti-Doping Agency<\/a>, Fabricio Werdum will not be able to fight until May of the year 2020. By that time, the former UFC heavyweight champion, who is presently 41, will be almost 43 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this unfortunate fact, Fabricio Werdum says he still hopes to continue fighting. He&#8217;s just not sure where or when it might happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to keep fighting,\u201d Fabricio Werdum said in a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/sportv.globo.com\/site\/combate\/noticia\/werdum-quebra-silencio-sobre-doping-descarta-se-aposentar-e-dispara-me-senti-um-criminoso.ghtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Combate<\/a> (translation via<a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/09\/suspended-fabricio-werdum-says-he-turned-down-usadas-request-to-snitch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> MMAjunkie<\/a>). \u201cI\u2019m training every day \u2013 of course, I\u2019m not training with the same intensity of when I have a fight. \u2026 I\u2019ve thought of fighting in a different country (outside the jurisdiction of USADA). I\u2019m going to see what I\u2019ll do now. It\u2019s hard now \u2013 it\u2019s all very recent. I still have to talk to the UFC. I\u2019m still working on TV as a commentator (with the UFC\u2019s Spanish-language broadcasts). There are many things happening and I need to take a moment to really think, because sometimes I\u2019ll say something, and I\u2019ll regret it later.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ll have to see what I\u2019ll do,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I have two more fights in the UFC. How long will I have to wait? Will I have to wait out these two years? Will I be able to fight in another country? What will I do? I don\u2019t know yet. I\u2019m still indecisive. I still have a lot of thinking to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fabricio Werdum has not fought since March, when he was knocked out by former Bellator heavyweight champion Alexander Volkov. This loss was preceded by back-to-back defeats of Marcin Tybura and Walt Harris. He was briefly scheduled to fight Alexey Oleynik in the main event of the recent UFC Moscow card, but this plan was nixed when he tested positive for\u00a0trenbolone and was suspended by USADA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 9\/30\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having received a two-year sanction from the United States Anti-Doping Agency, Fabricio Werdum will not be able to fight until May of the year 2020. By that time, the former UFC heavyweight champion, who is presently 41, will be almost 43 years old. 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