Fighters har haft delade åsikter kring Lyoto Machidas (22-7) doping och nu delar Michael Bisping (28-7) med sig av sina tankar kring vad han tycker om situationen.
Bisping tror inte att Machida fick i sig den otillåtna substansen omedvetet, utan tror att Machida inte väntade sig att bli testad så snart och helt enkelt trodde att substansen skulle försvinna ut ur hans system innan dess. Bisping förklarar att en fighter är skyldig att veta vad denne stoppar i sin kropp och därför tycker han att Machida borde skämmas och få minst en två-årig avstängning.
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”He did not expect USADA to show up at his house and test him. Now he’s taking this product he says has DHEA in it and I’ve looked into this and that’s a hormone that helps with muscle building and strength and all this types of stuff. It only has a shelf life of about 12 to 24 hours. So he fully expected that to be out of his system by the time he was going to get tested or by the time the fight came. What he didn’t expect was USADA to show up at his door. The damage control comes out — ’oh I’ve taken this supplement that has this product in it but I didn’t know.’ It’s very simple. All you’ve got to do is Google any supplements that have that product in it and then say you were taking that. Listen, it’s our responsibility as athletes to know what we put in our bodies. That is not an excuse. Lyoto Machida should be ashamed of himself, and it should be no shorter than a two-year suspension period.”
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