Yoel Romero made headlines on Tuesday as news broke of the UFC middleweight top contender’s “potential Anti-Doping Policy violation,” in which the UFC was notified by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
Fighters and media members reacted and took to social media, with fellow UFC middleweights Tim Kennedy and Michael Bisping throwing some heavy shots at Romero.
This is my current conversation with @YoelRomeroMMA aka Soldier of God. pic.twitter.com/yBVghqp0fp
— Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyMMA) January 13, 2016
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So Yoel tests positive, not surprised at all #roider of God is a cheating scumbag, @TimKennedyMMA I feel ur pain having been there before
— michael (@bisping) January 13, 2016
@TimKennedyMMA for once Tim, I agree with you lol. Shame on hat sham of a man, and anyone else who cheats. Zero honor!
— michael (@bisping) January 13, 2016
Looks like Im one of the only clean athletes in the 185ers @ufc when I beat Anderson 'viagra' silva, I want my title shot, #cleanfighter
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I'm sick of all these cheaters. It's pathetic, man up or get the fuck out.
— Luke Rockhold (@LukeRockhold) January 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/HollywoodCase/status/687069962377166848
The juice sure is popular with quite a few fighters in Florida! Gym name will soon be switched to #PEDTT, to better fit the team.#GotEm
— Johnny Hollywood (@HollywoodCase) January 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/norman_parke/status/687095310057881600
@arielhelwani @TimKennedyMMA when your that age and you look like a Roman sculpture it's pretty obvious. That guys an asshole anyway.#cheat
— Chris Wade (@CWadeMMA) January 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/CWadeMMA/status/687072806329303040
Going to be a much more difficult yr to use PED’s w/ way more tests. Most young fighters are no longer tempted to use, big change for better
— Brian Stann (@BrianStann) January 13, 2016
My record needs to be fixed. No middleweight in the world can beat me without PED. I'm disgusted… pic.twitter.com/nE2W2TjdoM
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) January 13, 2016
Another one bites the dust! PED failures are I think the only appropriate time to revel in the downfall of others. Thank you @usantidoping.
— Josh Samman (@JoshSamman) January 13, 2016
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