
We’ve been talking a lot recently about USADA drug testing in the UFC, it’s really a subject that’s hard to ignore. After being made official in 2015, the stricter regime of PED (performance enhancing drug) detection has caught some very big fish.
The idea is to clean up the sport, but inevitably the new rules muddy some huge names in the sport. Among those many popped for illegal substances stands one name that few expected to be caught for this type of scandalous cheating; Anderson Silva.
The former king of the pound-for-pound list, ‘The Spider’ reigned with a fear striking conviction as the middleweight champ, but became embroiled in a fight where he’d eventually suffer a bigger loss than any in his fighting career.
It was against USADA (the United States Anti Doping Agency) after he was busted for having anabolic steroids in his system at UFC 183. His shameful argument of a mythical vial of viagra from Thailand further smeared his previously spotless record.
But he’s far from the only one who’s been up to no good.
Thanks to a very keen MMA fan who clearly had a fair bit of time on his hands, we’ve got some serious stats for you to peruse, before taking a look at some of the mentionedfighters a little more deeply.
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