UFC Fight Night 36 drug tests come back clean
The Brazilian MMA athletic commission (CABMMA) on Monday announced that drug tests were performed for all fighters at UFC Fight Night 36, and the results came back negative.
In addition, the commission told MMAjunkie that no fighters on the card requested therapeutic-use exemptions for testosterone-replacement therapy for the event.
That is in stark contrast to UFC Fight Night 32 in November, which took place in Goiania, Brazil. For that event, headliners Vitor Belfort and Dan Henderson each were granted TUEs for TRT. Belfort beat Henderson with a first-round knockout stemming from a kick to the head.
UFC Fight Night 36 took place Feb. 15 at Arena Jaragua in Jaragua do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The event’s main card aired live on FOX Sports 1 following prelims on UFC Fight Pass.
The card featured a middleweight main event between former light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida and ex-Strikeforce champ Gegard Mousasi. Machida won a unanimous decision, including a pair of 50-45 scores.
He may have put himself in line to get a shot at the winner between champion Chris Weidman and Belfort, who headline UFC 173 in May. Machida was given a 180-day medical suspension, but can be cleared early if a doctor says his left foot is not broken.
In the co-main event, Ronaldo Souza outpointed Francis Carmont. The Brazilian handed the Montreal-based fighter his first loss in the UFC.
