UFC:s vd Dana White har ändrat tongången när det kommer till testosteronterapi (TRT) för fajters från att hävda att det är tillåtet till att det handlar om fusk. Under en frågestund under sitt besök i London, för UFC on Fuel 7: Barao vs McDonald, ska White ha uttryckt att UFC kommer att satsa mer på tester för att komma åt fusket.
”TRT has become a way for people to cheat. If this is what your normal level should be and then you have guys training at huge levels (of testosterone) for their whole camp then tapering down to get to normal levels before the fucking fight, that’s cheating, and I don’t like it anymore.”, säger White enligt MMA Opinion.
“There are plenty of guys in the UFC that are naturally gifted and talented fighters. If you’re testosterone levels are too low then you’re probably too old to be fighting, stop fighting! “
“We can test everybody. I’m telling you right now, if you are using testosterone replacement therapy, get ready motherfuckers because we’re going to test the shit out of you.”
White förklarar att UFC tror att vissa fajters försökt använda undantaget för att använda testosteronterapi som ett sätt att få ett otillåtet övertag.
“Some things recently have lead me to believe that people are fucking cheaters, people are taking good things and turning it into a bad thing and if you want to play those games then guess what, we’ll play!”
“There’s so much shit out there. Right now there’s banned substances and and we follow the regulations and we’re going after the banned substances, TRT was never one of them and they would be tested leading up to the fight to make sure the levels are good. If you’re on TRT now, you’re going to wish you weren’t. We’re going to test the living shit out of you.”
“You have guys that go in there 100% natural with his talent and natural ability, against someone on TRT, basically someone thats on steroids. I’m absolutely 100 percent against TRT and now I’m going to start fighting it 100 percent with the athletic commissions and I want nothing to do with it.”
Lär er mer om testosteronterapin genom att se Podoplata #23 där SMMAF:s ordförande George Sallfeldt och Dopingjourens Joel Lundholm deltog i en diskussion om TRT.
