Fabricio Werdum Says He Rejected Offer By USADA to ‘Snitch’ For a Plea Deal

Fabricio Werdum spoke with Combate for a new interview and said he was offered a chance to “snitch” for a plea bargain. Werdum told the outlet (via MMAjunkie) that he would get a shorter suspension for his anti-doping violation if he told on someone. Highlights are below:

On being offered a plea deal: “What surprised me the most was at the end of the interview, it was something that I found absurd. They said, ‘Werdum, here’s the thing: If you tell on someone …’ It was what you could call ‘delacao premiada’ (plea bargain). ‘Werdum, if you tell on someone’ – using the slang, if you’re a snitch – ‘we’ll shorten your suspension. Because you’re going to have to pay something. Even if we find the substance in any of the products we test, even if we find it, you’ll have to pay something.’”

On rejecting the offer: “…For the guy to make me an offer like that, to snitch on someone, that goes against my principles. I can’t tell on someone. Even if I knew, I wouldn’t do it. How am I going to snitch on someone to make it better for me, to lower my suspension or whatever?”

On other fighters getting shorter suspensions than him: “I’m not going to name names, but I saw that recently a guy who was supposed to have caught four years ended up catching 15 months. And I caught 24 months. How come? If it was his second or third offense? Is it two weights and two measures? How does that work? It’s very strange, really.”

On his plans from here: “I want to keep fighting. I’m training every day – of course, I’m not training with the same intensity of when I have a fight. … I’ve thought of fighting in a different country. I’m going to see what I’ll do now. It’s hard now – it’s all very recent. I still have to talk to the UFC. I’m still working on TV as a commentator (with the UFC’s Spanish-language broadcasts). There are many things happening and I need to take a moment to really think, because sometimes I’ll say something, and I’ll regret it later…I’ll have to see what I’ll do. I have two more fights in the UFC. How long will I have to wait? Will I have to wait out these two years? Will I be able to fight in another country? What will I do? I don’t know yet. I’m still indecisive. I still have a lot of thinking to do.”