{"id":313697,"date":"2019-05-15T06:34:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T13:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=313697"},"modified":"2019-05-15T06:34:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T13:34:25","slug":"manager-gives-update-on-former-champ-fabricio-werdum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/manager-gives-update-on-former-champ-fabricio-werdum\/","title":{"rendered":"Manager gives update on former champ Fabricio Werdum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum tested positive for the anabolic steroid Trenbolone and was suspended two years by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWerdum, 41, tested positive for trenbolone and its metabolite epitrenbolone following an out-of-competition urine test conducted on April 25, 2018,\u201d a USADA statement issued at the time explained. \u201cTrenbolone is a non-Specified Substance in the class of Anabolic Agents and prohibited at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, which has adopted the World Anti-Doping Agency Prohibited List.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWerdum\u2019s two-year period of ineligibility, the standard sanction for a first offense involving a non-Specified Substance, began on May 22, 2018, the date his provisional suspension was imposed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Fabricio Werdum is not eligible to compete until May of 2020, his manager Ali Abdelaziz claims he will soon re-enter the USADA testing pool. Next week, to be exact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFabricio is going to come back and be a top-five heavyweight in the world,\u201d Ali Abdelaziz told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/05\/ali-abdelaziz-fabricio-werdum-will-enter-usada-testing-pool-next-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a> recently (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/manager-says-fabricio-werdum-will-re-enter-usada-pool-next-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA News<\/a>). \u201cHe\u2019s training. He\u2019s doing everything right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abdelaziz also reaffirmed his belief that Werdum did not intentionally cheat, instead attributing the violation to &#8220;the system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe he did not cheat at all, but the system got us,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it\u2019s okay. He has one more year, and he\u2019ll be back in the cage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fabricio Werdum last fought in March of 2017, when he was knocked out by former Bellator champion Alexander Volkov. This victory was preceded by a pair of wins over Marcin Tybura and Walt Harris, and a close decision loss to Alistair Overeem.<\/p>\n<p>He captured the title with a June 2015 submission of Cain Velasquez, and lost it when he was knocked out by Stipe Miocic in May of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The former UFC heavyweight champion is 23\u20138\u20131 overall.<\/p>\n<p>How do you think Fabricio Werdum will look when he returns to the Octagon in early 2020?<\/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 5\/15\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum tested positive for the anabolic steroid Trenbolone and was suspended two years by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). \u201cWerdum, 41, tested positive for trenbolone and its metabolite epitrenbolone following an out-of-competition urine test conducted on April 25, 2018,\u201d a USADA statement issued at the time explained. 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