37-årige Tim Kennedy uppskattar det jobb USADA lägger ned för att ta fast fuskare. Kennedy tror dock att fuskare fortfarande lyckas smita under USADAs radar när vissa fighters åker utomlands för att träna.
You see guys that go train in Thailand for six weeks or they pack their bags for six weeks and go and work on kickboxing with the Dutch guys, and then they look like different people when they come back. Guys are still getting through the system.
Vidare berättar den #12e rankade mellanviktaren att USADA-anställda kan vara något påträngande, vilket ledde till en märklig händelse när de knackade på hos Kennedy.
I think it’s kind of weird and intrusive, but I love USADA. I love that they can just come and do it any time. I think they gotta remember that they are coming into our home. I’m not sure people understand how intrusive it is.
Last time I got tested, like a week ago, this guy came into my house and I’d just came back from a workout. He was like, ’We can’t take blood for an hour,’ and I was like, ’Well, I just got done with a workout. Can I take a shower?’ He said he had to visually keep his eyes on me the whole time so I was like, ’Well, I’m taking a shower,’ I walked into my bathroom, took my clothes off and he walked into the bathroom with me and watched me shower.
He was like, ’Are you serious?’ So I said, ’Shall I rinse again? Shall I use more soap? Are my balls clean?’ He 100 percent watched me. I’m not going to sit there dirty after practice.
Tim Kennedy kommer gå sin 24e professionella MMA-match mot den tidigare lätta-tungviktsmästaren, Rashad Evans, under UFC 205 den 12e november. Kennedy har inte gått match sedan 2014 där han förlorade mot Yoel Romero via teknisk knockout i rond tre. En match som slutade kontroversiellt då Romero som blivit ned knockad under rond två, satt kvar på sin stol i flera sekunder efter det att rondvilan varit över.
