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Werdum lands two-year suspension for failing doping test

Werdum lands two-year suspension for failing doping test ##AlekseiOleinik ##AlexanderVolkov ##AntonioRodrigoNogueira

The US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) have made a final decision to ban former UFC heavyweight champion, Fabricio Werdum for two years after failing a drugs test UFC’s Fabricio Werdum has landed a suspension of nothing less than two years for failing a doping test, reports reveal.

The former champion’s last fight ended in defeat at the hands of Russia’s Alexander Volkov in the month of March.

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