{"id":210902,"date":"2016-11-21T15:29:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T23:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=210902"},"modified":"2016-11-21T15:29:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T23:29:03","slug":"lyoto-machida-blasts-usada-18-month-suspension-punish-unreasonable-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/lyoto-machida\/lyoto-machida-blasts-usada-18-month-suspension-punish-unreasonable-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyoto Machida blasts USADA after 18 month suspension: they &#8220;punish in a very unreasonable fashion&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, former UFC light heavyweight champion\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-nsfw-dan-henderson-felt-heard-lyoto-machida-failed-fight-drug-test\/\">Lyoto Machida was yanked from a middleweight bout with Dan Henderson<\/a>\u00a0after he admitted that he&#8217;d consumed\u00a0the banned substance 7-Keto-DHEA. Late last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/lyoto-machida\/usada-hands-lyoto-machida-18-month-suspension-anti-doping-violation\/\">the former champ finally received his punishment<\/a> for this incident: an 18-month suspension, retroactive to April 8, which means he won&#8217;t be able to compete again until October 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Machida&#8217;s suspension was reduced from the initially discussed two years because he admitted to consuming the substance, which was an ingredient in a supplement he was using. The key detail in all of this drama, however, is that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/lyoto-machida\/lyoto-machida-releases-statement-on-banned-substance-usage\/\">he claims he did not know it was on USADA&#8217;s restricted list<\/a> when he did so.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday&#8217;s episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2016\/11\/21\/13694754\/the-mma-hour-with-cm-punk-khabib-nurmagomedov-gegard-mousasi-mark\" target=\"_blank\">The MMA Hour<\/a>, Machida joined host Ariel Helwani to discuss his suspension \u2013 a suspension he believes is &#8216;very unfair.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>On the show, Machida explained that the banned substance in question was an ingredient in an anti-stress supplement he was taking in the wake of his back-to-back losses to Luke Rockhold and Yoel Romero. He added that he purchased this supplement over the counter at a supplement store.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI needed it because [ I had experienced] two losses in a row,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;It was so hard training at that moment because I was so stressed, so stressed. I used it for stress relief, so I didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI bought it over the counter in a supplement store,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It stated on its label, \u201960 vegetarian capsules.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Romero-Machida.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-152238\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Romero-Machida.png\" alt=\"Romero Machida\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Romero-Machida.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Romero-Machida-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Romero-Machida-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Romero-Machida-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Machida went on to reiterate that he really had no idea there were any banned substances in the supplement he was taking. The reason he didn&#8217;t know, he explained, is because USADA doesn&#8217;t adequately educate fighters on what they can and can&#8217;t take.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cFor me, USADA didn\u2019t give us proper instruction,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I think they failed in educating us about everything. To be honest, they only sent me a proper list of banned supplements after they decided on my suspension, they sent it to me maybe two or three days later.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen the UFC brought USADA in, I thought it was to instruct and educate all the fighters, but instead they came in to punish in a very unreasonable fashion.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In another segment of his conversation with Helwani, Machida explained that he is not the kind of fighter who would knowingly take a banned substance, and that if he was, it would be\u00a0stupid to do so given the testing he knew he would undergo in the lead-up to his planned bout with Henderson.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cHow would I take this supplement for the fight if I knew that it was banned?&#8221; he said. &#8220;Somebody in a good conscience wouldn\u2019t do that at all.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI knew that I\u2019d get some blood tests, that I\u2019d have blood tests at any time, so I took the supplements because I didn\u2019t know. I told you, I took the blame, I committed a mistake, ok, I got it, but I think it was extremely unfair to punish me like that.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lyoto-Machida-WINS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-138827\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lyoto-Machida-WINS.png\" alt=\"Lyoto Machida WINS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lyoto-Machida-WINS.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lyoto-Machida-WINS-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lyoto-Machida-WINS-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lyoto-Machida-WINS-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Machida also explained that he was given no cause for concern after reporting the supplements he had taken to USADA officials. Instead of telling him that he&#8217;d taken a supplement that contained a banned substance, they simply wrote down what he&#8217;d reported and left. It wasn&#8217;t until the days leading up to the fight that he learned he&#8217;d consumed an item on their banned list.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;They didn\u2019t say nothing,\u201d he said. \u201cThey wrote everything I just said, but I didn\u2019t know. So in the week of the fight, I was in Florida for the fight, I was relaxed, so happy to be back to [fighting], and Ed [Soares] told me&#8217; Lyoto, something happened. Donna Marcolini wants to talk to you.&#8217; I said, &#8216;what could have happened here,&#8217; because I didn\u2019t know.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I was very stressed [when they told me], because I never imagined it could happen in my career. I have my principles that I was taught by my father. It\u2019s based on honor and integrity, and suddenly I was exposed to the world and now everyone thinks Lyoto is doping. It was very hard for me.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite this unfortunate development, and his resulting suspension, however, Machida closed out his interview with Helwani by assuring that he plans on fighting again when he&#8217;s able \u2013 even though he&#8217;ll be 39 years old by that time.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201c100%, it\u2019s my life,\u201d he said of his career. \u201cI want to compete again. I think I have a lot of things to do, a lot of things to give to my fans still. So I\u2019ll be back stronger, I\u2019ll be back better.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you believe that Machida took this banned substance unknowingly? Do you think the punishment he received is too severe? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, former UFC light heavyweight champion\u00a0Lyoto Machida was yanked from a middleweight bout with Dan Henderson\u00a0after he admitted that he&#8217;d consumed\u00a0the banned substance 7-Keto-DHEA. 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