Diego Brandao fick senast sin vinstsvit på två matcher bruten, då han besegrades av Brian Ortega via submission under UFC 195. Nu har det visat sig att Brandao testat positivt på cannabismetaboliter efter mötet, och så här skrevs det via ”UFC.com”:
The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) informed Diego Brandao of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation involving Carboxy-Tetrahydrocannabinol (“Carboxy-THC”) which is a metabolite of marijuana and/or hashish, above the decision limit of 180 ng/mL, stemming from an in-competition sample collected following his fight on January 2, 2016 in Las Vegas.