{"id":142114,"date":"2015-05-06T02:03:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T09:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=142114"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:29:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:29:13","slug":"bellator-fighter-admits-to-smoking-weed-before-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/bellator-fighter-admits-to-smoking-weed-before-title-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellator Fighter Admits to Smoking Weed Before Title Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11-emanuel-newton-vs-linton-vassell426.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11-emanuel-newton-vs-linton-vassell426.jpg\" alt=\"11-emanuel-newton-vs-linton-vassell426\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-142115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11-emanuel-newton-vs-linton-vassell426.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11-emanuel-newton-vs-linton-vassell426-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11-emanuel-newton-vs-linton-vassell426-585x305.jpg 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11-emanuel-newton-vs-linton-vassell426-390x203.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Puff, puff, pass. Former Bellator Middleweight Champion Emanuel Newton lays down the facts about why he failed his drug test after his Bellator 134 title defense against Liam McGeary. Newton was recently a guest on Fightbook.com&#8217;s podcast and admitted to smoking weed days before the fight! <\/p>\n<p>Newton started, &#8220;Obviously, everyone just saw that I just tested positive for marijuana after my last fight. I was smoking like three days out before that fight.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Newton went on to admit that it was not a smart thing to do, but he claimed that he can still perform well despite smoking days away from a fight. &#8220;It was not very smart and I thought I had everything under control. It just goes to show that I can train two weeks for a fight, smoke weed, and still go out there and fight five rounds and still win fights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Emanuel Newton lost that bout, actually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROCKHOLD! &#8216;The Dragon Has Been Slayed, And It Feels Great!&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"container1\" class=\"outer-container\">\n<p><!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none\">\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\nBy use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C \nfound at https:\/\/accounts.brightcove.com\/en\/terms-and-conditions\/. \n--><\/p>\n<p><script language=\"JavaScript\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\/js\/BrightcoveExperiences.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><object id=\"myExperience4218549549001\" class=\"BrightcoveExperience\"><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"width\" value=\"560\" \/><param name=\"height\" value=\"315\" \/><param name=\"playerID\" value=\"4174782329001\" \/><param name=\"playerKey\" value=\"AQ~~,AAADV3-cjCE~,liy9q4yw9hqmtNPERf0MOvxn6JKOOxF3\" \/><param name=\"isVid\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"isUI\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"dynamicStreaming\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"@videoPlayer\" value=\"4218549549001\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><!-- \nThis script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soon\nas the line is read by the browser. 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