News broke earlier today that Chael Sonnen had failed a random drug test leading up to his UFC 175 bout against Vitor Belfort. The MMA world immediately erupted and people began taking sides. Below are some of the more interesting Tweets from MMA pros on the issue.
I'm all for random drug test, yeah it shuffles deck on fight cards but helps clean up the sport & protects fighters in already violent sport
— Ulysses Gomez (@uselessgomez) June 10, 2014
Wahhh, wahhh! All the pro athletes keep getting caught juicing, big whoop! Priests get caught raping, that's a bigger problem.
— War Machine (@WarMachine170) June 10, 2014
It's pathetic to see ALL these guys failing these "random" drug tests. The majority of guys are using. With random tests you would see it.
— Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyMMA) June 10, 2014
Well Chael Sonnen does rhyme with Fail Sonnen …
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunsonMMA) June 10, 2014
One can't just come off of #TRT & be ready to compete. Isn't as easy of a process as people think. Medically ambitious expectation.
— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) June 10, 2014
My toe is still broken. I haven't stepped foot inside AKA since my fight. I'm not crazy I can't fight in 3 weeks as much as I would like to.
— Luke Rockhold (@LukeRockhold) June 10, 2014
Will Vitor even pass his test that is the question?
— Luke Rockhold (@LukeRockhold) June 10, 2014
In other news: bear defecates on tree-covered land; Pope linked to Catholicism.
— Rosi Sexton (@RosiSexton) June 10, 2014
Let's just make two leagues. The juice heads who need PEDs and then the real athletes who just work hard without any PEDs. That's fair
— Cody Bollinger (@CodyBollinger) June 10, 2014
Chael, Vitor and Wanderlei clearly all using, put them in a three way last man standing match. Seems fair to me.
— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) June 10, 2014
Bottom line is that random testing is working! Details can be dealt w/ in hearings. Major advancements in sport’s testing
— Brian Stann (@BrianStann) June 10, 2014