#3 Yoel Romero v/s Jacare Souza
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Touted as the Cuban Brock Lesnar, Yoel Romero did something which inspired Brock to do the same 6 UFC events later! The 39-year-old headhunter flunked an out-of-competition drug test shortly after picking up a victory over Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza in a 3-round split decision.
Romero was a strong contender for the middleweight title shot before he failed the drug test. The sample was collected in the days following the match-up hence it was not an in-competition test. Romero and his camp unanimously put the blame on a contaminated supplement which he had administered into his body.
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While everyone assumed that Romero would face a likely suspension of 2 years, he was able to produce the supplement that spawned the failed drug test. The USADA investigators were later able to determine the cause of the failed test to be the tainted supplement, which saw Romero’s suspension being cut down to six months!
What infuriated most fans across the world was the fact that Romero’s victory over Jacare wasn’t over-turned! And this wasn’t the first time that Romero had ‘cheated’ his way through things...
