On late Thursday night the 2016 Light-Featherweight black belt World Champion Paulo Miyao took to instagram to address rumors about his USADA test failure. His full statement reads:

"I would like to apologize to all who accompany me and support me, as many know I ended up failing in the USADA anti-doping test made during the 2016 World Championship, I take full responsibility, without excuses. I am sorry to my training partners and my teachers and secondly, for my opponents with whom I fought in this Worlds. My punishment will be two years. My heartfelt apologies to everyone. "Living in the past paralyzes the present and ruins the future""

As of this posting USADA has yet to confirm the test failure but FloGrappling will continue to update as details emerge.