According to a report from MMAFighting.com, the Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission (CABMMA) will reveal the names of several MMA fighters discovered during a secret investigation, who committed fraud by falsifying medical exams.

"The commission has been doing a secret investigation against frauds in medical exams provided by athletes in several gyms," CABMMA charmain Rafael Favetti told MMAFighting.com. "We got to a point where we’re possibly dealing with a criminal gang, a gang that has as its motto to fraud medical exams for MMA athletes.

"We contacted hospitals and labs, and they also didn’t know they were involved in this fraud," he continued. "They are desperate. Our next step is taking this to the police and the Brazilian government agency for law enforcement and prosecution of crimes."

However, the series of frauds does not include any fighters currently signed with the UFC.

"The investigation is over, and we’re now going to meet with the hospitals and labs and the police one more time," Favetti said. "We are the first athletic commission in the world to do an investigation like this. We checked every exam, talked to every doctor that signed medical reports, and the labs. We are really confident about this case."

According to the report, most events in Brazil did not require many, if any, medical exams and drug tests. Once the CABMMA was founded, however, a handful of coaches and fighters complained about the costs of the pre-fight exams.

"We ask for a number of medical exams, like HIV, hepatitis, CT scans. Our medical staff became suspicious when several exams, from different fighters and promotions, are very similar to other exams presented by other athletes in other promotions, so we started this secret investigation," Favetti said. "We went to the labs that did those exams, got the protocols, and checked which athlete did each test and provided it to the commission, and we ended up with three or four athletes from a same gym, from a same coach. They used fraudulent exams in several events.

"They thought we would never find out about this because they used different athletes in different promotions. In their heads, we would never find out. They didn’t expect us to go to every lab and talk to every doctor."

All of the fighters involved in this situation will be suspended indefinitely and likely banned from the sport, according to Favetti.

"We will announce the names who are involved in this case really soon, right after we talk to the police and the Brazilian government agency for law enforcement," he said. "We will announce the names of the athletes and the gyms, and they will likely be banned from the sport."