{"id":191787,"date":"2016-04-15T08:38:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T15:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=191787"},"modified":"2016-04-15T08:38:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T15:38:47","slug":"matt-brown-sounds-off-on-lyoto-machidas-banned-substance-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/matt-brown\/matt-brown-sounds-off-on-lyoto-machidas-banned-substance-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Brown sounds off on Lyoto Machida’s banned substance usage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week news surfaced that former UFC champion Lyoto Machida had been pulled from his upcoming UFC on FOX 19 scrap against Dan Henderson after admitting to using a banned substance<\/a> during an out-of-competition drug test.<\/p>\n

While Dan Henderson was extremely pissed about the situation<\/a>, Machida claimed that he was unaware that the substance contained a banned substance. The way top ranked welterweight Matt Brown sees it however, that’s not an excuse.<\/p>\n

He spoke on The Great MMA Debate Podcast:<\/a><\/p>\n

“A guy has to know what he’s putting in his body,” Brown said. “I’ve been on a web search for less than two minutes here and just did Wikipedia and it says the World Anti-Doping Agency lists 7-Keto\/DHEA as a prohibited anabolic agent.”<\/p>\n

“Ignorance has never been an excuse,” Brown said. “You can’t go 65 (miles-per-hour) down the road and say oh I thought it was a 35 mile-per-hour zone. You still get the fine, you still get the ticket. Ignorance has never been an excuse.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So far no word yet on how Machida will be punished for the infraction. <\/p>\n

Stay tuned for details as they become available.<\/p>\n