Under den senaste tiden har en hel del fighters åkt dit för att de dopat sig, och sist var det Ali Bagautinov som testade positivt för EPO. En som tror att sporten är långt ifrån ren är mellanviktaren Tim Kennedy, som tror att runt 60-70% använder sig av otillåtna preparat.
Här kan ni läsa vad Tim hade att säga, via ”ESPN.com”:
Whatever it takes to ensure we are moving toward having a clean sport, which we are nowhere near right now. Something has to change. They randomly test three dudes and all three fail. All in my weight class. All dudes I could potentially be fighting. I went from just being vocal about drug use, to saying to myself, ‘I have to make a stand about this.’
I’m really impressed in the change in both the climate and the UFC’s perception of it. The UFC is forking over money for testing, so it’s been top-driven, which makes me proud to be in the UFC. They are really the only organization that is doing it and it’s definitely a step in the right direction. But the first time [the NSAC] randomly tested people, everybody failed. Imagine what that looks like across 450 athletes. Are we talking 60 or 70 percent? I really believe it’s somewhere in that range of fighters that are using.
Härnäst ser vi Kennedy inne i oktagonen vid UFC 178 den 27 september, då han tar sig an Yoel Romero i Las Vegas.
