The former UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov recently shared a tip of advice. He sent out a message to fellow Russian fighters- to avoid doping at all costs. The 32-year-old retired mixed martial artist called it a “psychological weakness” to consume something extra when people don’t trust their own powers.
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It has been noted that there is no doping restriction in Russian MMA leagues and fighters from the country have struggled to cope with the stringent regulations in the UFC. Moreover, Russia’s name has come forward multiple times for doping controversies. The nation was recently given a two-year ban from world events by WADA for an alleged state-sponsored program. Dana White Text Messages To UFC Woman Leak
Speaking to the media in Russia, ‘The Eagle’, who hung up his boots in October 2020 after UFC 254, claimed that active sportspeople should spend a lot more time at the gym so that they can lead a life without doping.
“I have passed (almost) 50 doping tests since 2015. I advise others to be (like me) too. Someone takes something, I do not really follow. I think it is some psychological weakness. When a person is not sure in his own powers and wants to replace them with something. My doping is to train, to sleep, to eat, and repeat. It must be a lifestyle. But I am not an active athlete. My opinion is that sportsmen must live in a gym, every morning and evening. Don’t do doping.”
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