As the MMA steroid testing failures continue, some retired fighters such as GSP or BJ Penn, are criticizing fighters that have failed tests (Anderson Silva and Jon Fitch for example). Others are pointing fingers at who they think are potential steroid users. Gleison Tibau was accused of PED use from World Series of Fighting (WSOF) welterweight Andrew McInnes, in an interview with Bloodyelbow:

The only person that’s a really heavy juicer that has any longevity at all is Gleison Tibau, and he’s a rare exception.

Tibau has a very muscled physique and is a huge lightweight who cuts a huge amount of weight for his fights. In his 24 UFC fights (43 MMA fights) , Tibau has never been caught for PEDs.

In reply to the allegations, Tibau released a statement through MMAmania.com:

“This Wednesday afternoon, February 11th, when I was going out of a practice at American Top Team, I was surprised by the information that the fighter Andrew McInnes was interviewed and pointed me out when talking about doping, calling me ‘pumped’ and giving guarantees that I use banned substances to improve my performance in the UFC Octagon. I am totally against any factor that benefits athletes in their income. In my point of view, only skills and training should have influence on the final outcome of a fight.

Honestly, I don’t know him, neither personally nor professionally. I’ve never seen him fighting, not even have I heard about his fights. So I checked out on the internet and saw that he’s had a short career on MMA still. In all my life as a fighter, I had more anti-doping tests at UFC than the number of professional fights he’s got. I have 15 years of career, my name is in the history of the biggest MMA organization in the world as one of the fighters that has mostly stepped into the Octagon, within 24 fights. A total of 43 professional fights, and in none of them I was caught for doping or for overweight in my category, that is currently lightweight.

For all of this, I really feel sorry for Mclnnes pronouncement or for anyone else that says that I do something illegal in sport or in life. Anyways, I wish him success.”

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