The UFC’s comprehensive anti-doping policy has been a game changer for mixed martial arts with numerous athletes praising the strict drug testing that has wiped out a great number of cheaters from the sport.
Count heavyweight contender Stefan Struve among the program’s biggest fans because he’s seen or heard about fighters abusing performance enhancing drugs throughout his career and he’s never had any tolerance for it.
While he’s not ready to name anybody in particular, Struve has witnessed the transformation of some fighters in the UFC whose performances suddenly started to dwindle after USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) began random, year round testing of all the athletes on the roster.
Struve has embraced the drug testing policy and he’d be on board for a more stringent policy if that’s what it took for the cheaters to finally get wiped out from mixed martial arts completely.
“There’s no secret to that for me. I don’t know a lot about [performance enhancing drugs] because I’ve never used anything like that. It’s interesting because I see a lot of guys struggling right now,” Struve said ahead of his fight this weekend against Alexander Volkov in the Netherlands.
“I’m a clean athlete and I’d rather never become a champion and have a good career than becoming a champion using all sorts of s–t. Cause you’re a lie and your whole career is one big f–king lie.”....
Source/more: Damon Martin - Stefan Struve unleashes on cheating athletes in the UFC
