Ben Henderson Is All For Increased Drug Testing | UFC NEWS

UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson has long been one of MMA’s foremost advocates against the use of performance enhancing drugs in the sport. Henderson continued that stance as he shared his support for increased testing with MMAFighting.com, which included his support of blood testing and random testing.
“Iād be for increased testing. It keeps the playing field even. It makes it so guys have to do a better job of either hiding it, or just not taking it. I think a lot of guys would actually just do a better job of hiding. Like guys in the NFL, some get busted, but the guys who get busted are just the, not very intelligent ones, because itās not the hardest thing just to time it correctly to where you donāt get caught whenever you get tested. That being said, Iād be for more rigorous testing. They want the blood doping testing? We can do that, too. Iām cool with that. Random testing? Iād be for that.”
He concluded his thoughts saying “Random, blood testing; whatever you want to do, letās do it, because for me, I never even considered it.”
The UFC champ lets users know what he thinks about them, and offers them a stern warning:
“Those guys who need a little extra bump, a little extra edge, they know itās illegal. They know theyĀ shouldn’tĀ be doing it. Those guys are mentally weaker. They donāt have that fortitude to push through and say, āYeah, IĀ didn’tĀ do this, but Iām still going to beat your butt.ā Iām okay with guys taking it, to be honest. If you want to take all the steroids you want, and it cuts off 20 years of your life, but you want that five years of glory — cool. Thatās your decision. Go ahead and do whatever you want with your body. But itās still not going to pan out for you in the long run, because Iām still going to beat you.”
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