Joilton Lutterbach signed a contract to combat Shara Magomedov on late discover at UFC Saudi Arabia this Saturday, however was faraway from the cardboard after testing constructive for a banned substance. A day after information broke, the Brazilian middleweight admitted he was doping on goal.
“I truly used juice three months in the past and had no concept that I’d signal with the UFC,” Lutterbach wrote on social media. “I may have hidden within the mountains or gone to Thailand to cover as many do and usually are not examined, however I most well-liked to take the chance and imagine I used to be clear and match to combat.”
Lutterbach wrote that he had signed the UFC three weeks earlier than the date of the combat and “I figured I used to be within the clear.” Nevertheless, the undisclosed substance nonetheless confirmed on his drug take a look at.
Drug Free Sport Worldwide, the entity that has taken over the UFC anti-doping program after the promotion lately parted methods with USADA, has but to announce a suspension for the Brazilian.
Lutterbach was changed by Antonio Trocoli, who now faces Magomedov this weekend in Riyadh.
“Sub Zero will definitely be frozen for a number of months with out preventing or freezing anybody,” wrote Lutterbach, who signed with the UFC after profitable his previous 4 MMA bouts, plus others matches in karate, boxing and kickboxing. “I want to apologize to the UFC and to my opponent Shara. I will probably be frozen and never lifeless. I will probably be again quickly.”
Examine Lutterbach’s full assertion under.
