The UFC star Mike Jackson recently joined in for an interview with MMA Junkie. He went on to reflected on his overturned bout at UFC 225 against CM Punk from June 2018.
Mike Jackson talks about CM Punk
MUFC had sent a memo to the athletes competing on the UFC 225 card and had warned them about Illinois’s strict zero-tolerance marijuana policy.
Jackson revealed that he had stopped the usage of marijuana but a small trace still showed up in his system. Conor McGregor Drops Mike Tyson Fight Bombshell
Thus due to the positive test, Jackson’s win was overturned to a “no contest” and he was suspended for three months.
Jackson revealed how he had to face thousands of online trolls. He went on to claim that he was the one to send Punk to the hospital following his fight but still was the prey of online trolls.
Jackson said:
“First of all, I love the trolls, right?. I thrive in a toxic environment just like y’all. I’m better at it than y’all, by the way. But when you got people saying like, ‘Oh, you lost to CM Punk for whatever reason, right? I sent the dude to the hospital, right? But they’re like, ‘Oh, you lost to CM Punk because of this,’ I’m like, ‘Wait, wait, this is your argument? Like, this is where you’re basing your position on?’ Even if that’s your logic, when I tell you people, your lives and opinions don’t matter, this is what I’m talking about. It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t diminish it in any way. I think it’s hilarious.”
There have been multiple controversies regarding marijuana in the world of MMA and also other sports, latest being American track and field sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson who was announced ineligible for the 2020 Olympics after a drug test showed traces of marijuana in her system.
