When one of those tests came back beyond the commission's acceptable limits for the hormone, the NJSACB denied Marquardt's application for an exemption. As it happened, the denial arrived the day before the weigh-ins for his next fight, a headlining bout opposite Rick Story at UFC on Versus 4.
"This exemption denial along with the test results were then immediately forwarded to the Pennsylvania Athletic Commission for their review and analysis," NJSACB legal counsel Nick Lembo today told MMAjunkie.com.
Marquardt believed that the state-appointed endocrinologist agreed with his TRT treament."This exemption denial along with the test results were then immediately forwarded to the Pennsylvania Athletic Commission for their review and analysis," NJSACB legal counsel Nick Lembo today told MMAjunkie.com.
"I followed all the guidelines that they told me," Marquardt told Ariel Helwani. "I went off treatment for eight weeks. I took the three blood tests. Once the results came back in, the endocrinologist reviewed and wrote out a letter that basically said that I had low testosterone and that I was a candidate for hormone replacement therapy. So, he recommended [that I] go back on treatment."
New Jersey allowed Marquardt to fight Miller at UFC 128 despite not having approved his TUE application, because, from MMA Junkie, "he was going through the process."
"Yes, or they wouldn't have let me fight," Marquardt said in reference to whether his testosterone levels were within acceptable range for the fight in New Jersey.
Marquardt defeated Miller by unanimous decision.
