{"id":279783,"date":"2018-07-02T08:55:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T15:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=279783"},"modified":"2018-07-02T08:55:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T15:55:06","slug":"junior-dos-santos-is-still-scared-of-usada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/junior-dos-santos\/junior-dos-santos-is-still-scared-of-usada\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior dos Santos is still ‘scared’ of USADA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year, Junior dos Santos was notified of a potential violation by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Ultimately, dos Santos was cleared of any wrong-doing, as it was\u00a0 deemed he’d ingested a tainted supplement \u2014 but only after a nightmarish few months of investigations into his case.<\/p>\n

In the wake of this debacle with USADA, dos Santos is dreading the possibility of the whole situation repeating itself. In his eyes, if it happened once, it could happen again.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m a very positive guy,” Dos Santos said in a fantastic interview with MMA Fighting<\/a>‘s Guilherme Cruz. “I always consider the possibilities in a positive light, so I did expect to prove my innocence, but I was afraid. I was afraid that somehow we wouldn\u2019t get to the real result. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s USADA\u2019s thought process and how they judge a situation like this, especially because it was not that hard to be solved considering the amount and the substance they found in me. But it wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

I spent nine months out and it was horrible. The problem is that you\u2019re found guilty before anything else. You\u2019re found guilty until proven innocent. That only happens with USADA. The law says you\u2019re innocent until proven guilty [laughs]. It\u2019s a pretty bad situation and I don\u2019t wish anyone to go through it, especially those who have done nothing. It affected me a lot, but I consider myself a strong person, both mentally and physically. I\u2019m happy that it\u2019s in the past and, God willing, won\u2019t happen again.<\/p>\n

I have a fight now, and every time [USADA] comes, I try to show them everything I\u2019m taking. I show everything, because I\u2019m kind of afraid. I don\u2019t know. It happened once when I did nothing. God forbid it happens again, so I get scared. That bothers me a lot.”<\/p>\n

What do you think of these comments from Junior dos Santos?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 7\/2\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last year, Junior dos Santos was notified of a potential violation by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Ultimately, dos Santos was cleared of any wrong-doing, as it was\u00a0 deemed he’d ingested a tainted supplement \u2014 but only after a nightmarish few months of investigations into his case. 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