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2 Conor McGregor and Fabricio Werdum got into a furious exchange on Twitter while talking about performance enhancing drugs.
‘The Notorious’ is technically still in retirement, but it appears as though even the former UFC heavyweight champion is not safe from his ire.
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At the start of the week, McGregor expressed his disbelief on social media that Bellator had yet to adopt a stringent anti-drug testing policy protocol like the UFC’s agreement with the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
The Irishman was seemingly irked by compatriot Sinead Kavanagh’s photo outlining the lack of testing at Bellator.
“It is long overdue time the promotion adopts a reputable testing body in order to keep its clean athletes safe!” McGregor said in defence of his Straight Blast Gym teammate.
Despite taking more than 48 hours to decide to reply, Werdum finally took his chance to express his outrage at the Irishman.
Fabricio Werdum lost his UFC heavyweight title in 2016 to Stipe Miocic2020 Zuffa LLC
McGregor swiftly retorted to the potential next Bellator signing by maintaining he had not referenced Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino, who is also part of Paradigm Sports management – just like Cyborg.
The Brazilian was handed a two-year suspension after failing an out-of-competition test for trenbolone, an anabolic steroid. He publicly stated that USADA requested he ‘snitch’, but he would never do so, only for USADA to eventually reduce his sentence due to information provided.
Werdum declined the opportunity to re-sign with the UFC, despite defeating Alexander Gustafsson on Fight Island this summer, leading to speculation he would sign with Bellator.
However, the 43-year-old appears to have gotten his information incorrect, as Kavanagh and Cyborg have never actually fought professionally.
It is worth noting the Brazilian is managed by Ali Abdelaziz, who also looks after Khabib Nurmagomedov, and has an issue with McGregor after allegations about links to terrorism and his son before UFC 229.
Abdelaziz has been known to control the Twitter accounts of his fighters, so it is unclear if it was former UFC champion Werdum arguing with McGregor in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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