Nate Marquardt, the former UFC middleweight contender was set to make his welterweight debut on Sunday, June 26 against the up and coming Rick Story.
Hours prior to the weigh-in, news broke that the former middleweight title contender had been scratched from the card.
That news was quickly followed by a Twitter video post from UFC president Dana White. White said that not only had Marquardt been scratched from the card, but he had been released by the UFC.
Marquardt had been silent on the subject of why he was released from the UFC and what his plans are for the future.
That changed on Tuesday, June 28 when Marquardt spoke to Ariel Helwani on the MMA Hour along with his manager Lex McMahon.
In an hour long interview Marquardt bared his soul to Helwani and came clean on the subject of his release from the UFC, in short Marquardt was on a testosterone replacement therapy regime prescribed by his primary care physician.
Heavy.com spoke to Pennsylvania State Athletic Commissioner Greg Sirb on Tuesday. Sirb confirmed that Marquardt’s suspension still stands, but that the PSAC did receive paperwork from Marquardt’s camp that they will review in the next few days.