UFC light-weight champion Islam Makhachev is struggling with dishonest claims just after productively defending his title from Alexander Volkanovski.
On Sunday, Khabib Nurmagomedov’s prolonged-time teaching spouse picked up a razor-slim and to some degree controversial decision earn about Volkanovski at UFC 284 in Perth.
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Enthusiasts in the RAC Arena imagined ‘The Great’ did not do more than enough to win, as did Nate Diaz, Joe Rogan and Volkanovski, who known as for a rematch after looking at the fight again.
On Monday, UFC star Dan Hooker took to social media to advise that Makhachev illegally made use of intravenous (IV) treatment to rehydrate forward of his very first title defence.
Hooker wrote in a series of tweets: “Dumb c*** thinks he can fly to Australia, hire a nurse to give him an I.V and we won’t locate out. Cheating puppy. Verify me mistaken. Bet cha [sic] just can’t. He does not cheat, he doesn’t earn.”
The light-weight contender failed to mention particularly who he was conversing about and social media consumers began to speculate that he was referring to Makhachev.
‘Hangman’ then confirmed that that was the case, replying ‘Islam is a cheat’ to a perplexed Twitter person who asked him who he was speaking about in his previous handful of posts.
In late 2015, United States Anti-Doping built sweeping alterations, which involved banning IV infusions and/or injections, right after getting the UFC’s formal anti-doping spouse.
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At the time, UFC VP of athlete well being and performance Jeff Novitsky claimed that fighters who utilised IVs moving forward could facial area a two-year ban from preventing.
On the other hand, UFC middleweight Paulo Costa only acquired a six-thirty day period backdated ban when he admitted to utilizing the unlawful hydration method on two situations in 2017.
Owing to providing ‘substantial assistance’ to USADA, Costa was supplied a decreased suspension and was permitted to proceed his career on the working day his ban was introduced in August 2019.
The UFC and USADA are still to remark on Hooker earning unsubstantiated dishonest allegations towards Makhachev, who has also been silent on the subject.