Jose Aldo The Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission (CABMMA) has responded to a statement from Drug Free Sport that claims a commission rep attempted to interfere with an out-of-competition drug test of UFC featherweight champ Jose Aldo in connection with UFC 189. In a written statement to MMAjunkie, Cristiano Sampaio, who was accused by DFS of halting the test by claiming that only CABMMA was authorized to perform it, criticized the third-party drug testing firm for commenting publicly on the incident on June 11 at the Nova Uniao gym in Rio de Janeiro. “CABMMA has no intention on detailing the whole incident as Drug Free Sport (tried) to do so in its statement, as we feel that their image and credibility can be severely compromised if all facts were exposed,” wrote Sampaio. “Our entity does not agree with such unprofessionalism and the sport will not benefit from these comments.” The NSAC, which hired DFS to test Aldo, this week released testing documentation that included a statement from DFS COO Chris Guinty on the UFC champ’s urine test, which initially was botched when a Brazilian police officer training at Aldo’s gym detained a DFS tester for allegedly not having the correct visa. Aldo eventually was tested via urine on June 12 and came back negative for PEDs, but the incident stirred controversy in the MMA world and prompted Aldo’s originally scheduled UFC 189 opponent, Conor McGregor, to call the UFC champ and his coach “ a weasel .” Aldo later withdrew from the July 11 pay-per-view event with a rib injury, of which the severity was disputed between the fighter’s reps and the UFC. Three-time title challenger Chad Mendes (17-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) stepped in for Aldo (25-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) and lost via third-round TKO to McGregor (18-2 MMA, 6-0 UFC)
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CABMMA responds to NSAC report on botched Jose Aldo drug test – MMA Junkie