The UFC announced on Tuesday that middleweight Yoel Romero had a potential PED violation.
Dave Sholler @Sholler_UFC
UFC has issued a statement regarding Yoel Romero: The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) informed Yoel Romero of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collection.
USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case involving Romero. Additional information will be provided at the appropriate time as the process moves forward.
MMAjunkie’s Steven Marrocco provided some further detail.
Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven
Hearing that Romero popped for a designer steroid – a peptide that increases testosterone production.
Twitter reacted, harshly.
Tim Kennedy @TimKennedyMMA
•hey buddy. Did Jesus tell you to use steroids?
•FYI Gay Jesus isn’t ok with #PED
•bummer you weren’t tested for our fight. Is that why you needed the stool?
•grabbing the cage, kicks to the groin, long breaks between rounds, PEDs, not sure if there are any ways left for you to cheat
• hey bro I’m in the market for some anabolic steroids you got any extra?
michael @bisping
•So Yoel tests positive, not surprised at all #roider of God is a cheating scumbag, @TimKennedyMMA I feel ur pain having been there before
•Looks like Im one of the only clean athletes in the 185ers @ufc when I beat Anderson ‘viagra’ silva, I want my title shot, #cleanfighter
Tim Kennedy @TimKennedyMMA
@bisping crazy to think about all the dudes we have beat while we were clean. Hat is off to you.?
michael @bisping
@TimKennedyMMA for once Tim, I agree with you lol. Shame on hat sham of a man, and anyone else who cheats. Zero honor!?
Derek Brunson @DerekBrunson
•Let’s fight for it. I’m cleaner than anyone . Never done drugs, alcohol or PED
•My record needs to be fixed. No middleweight in the world can beat me without PED. I’m disgusted…
Josh Samman @JoshSamman
Another one bites the dust! PED failures are I think the only appropriate time to revel in the downfall of others. Thank you @usantidoping.
Brian Stann @BrianStann
Going to be a much more difficult yr to use PED’s w/ way more tests. Most young fighters are no longer tempted to use, big change for better
Chris Camozzi
Just heard USADA has another potential failed test for PEDs. I said it when this testing started, a lot more guys are about to start looking more like me
Chris Wade @CWadeMMA
If you get caught juicing once it should be life ban. This isn’t baseball, your trying to hurt people. He gorilla smashed Jacare in 1st.
Luke Rockhold @LukeRockhold
I’m sick of all these cheaters. It’s pathetic, man up or get the f— out.
