Nate Marquardt appeared on Tuesday’s edition of the MMA Hour, and at times tearfully recounted the events that led to his dismissal from the UFC on Saturday, June 25.
Marquardt and his team found out that he had been released by the promotion, the same way that most others found out, via a video message posted on twitter by UFC president Dana White.
Marquardt, and his manager, Lex McMahon, spoke to Ariel Helwani for an hour, going to great pains to explain exactly what led to White issuing that video message.
In short, the pair told Helwani that Marquardt was on physician approved testosterone replacement therapy. In order to prove that the therapy was required, Marquardt had to go off the therapy for eight weeks following UFC 128.
After the eight-week period he was put back on the therapy, but with so little time to get his testosterone levels back to normal, he took a testosterone shot that left him with levels too high to pass his medical exam before the weigh-ins for the UFC on Versus 4 card.
Marquardt was subsequently released from the UFC, even though, according to Marquardt and McMahon, his levels were fine by fight time on Sunday night.
White addressed the Marquardt incident following the UFC 132 presser saying he did not hear what Marquardt told Helwani, but he said that Marquardt would not get his “fourth chance” with the UFC.
“Nate’s done,” White said. “Nate’s a really nice guy, he’s a real sweet, nice, humble guy, but the facts are the facts, it is what it is.”
What follows is the entire video of White’s talk with the media, posted by MMAFighting.com:
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