{"id":319471,"date":"2019-07-15T07:09:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T14:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=319471"},"modified":"2019-07-15T07:09:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T14:09:14","slug":"cody-garbrandt-on-tj-dillashaws-epo-use-i-knew-tj-was-on-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cody-garbrandt-on-tj-dillashaws-epo-use-i-knew-tj-was-on-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Garbrandt on TJ DIllashaw&#8217;s EPO use: &#8216;I knew TJ was on that&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt is maintaining that he knew his arch rival TJ Dillashaw was using banned substances. The surprise, Garbrandt says, was not that Dillashaw tested positive, but that it took so long for him to get caught.<\/p>\n<p>Garbrandt believes that Dillashaw was able to evade detection because the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) doesn&#8217;t adequately test for EPO, the substance he was using.<\/p>\n<p id=\"SJNQMP\">\u201cHe stole a lot from me,\u201d Cody Garbrandt said backstage at UFC Sacramento (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/7\/15\/20694427\/morning-report-cody-garbrandt-gives-update-on-return-discusses-drug-testing-in-the-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cI wasn\u2019t surprised at all. I was surprised that\u2019s the first time USADA\u2019s ever tested for EPO. I stated back in &#8211; what was it 2017? &#8211; that I\u2019d like to do more invasive testing. We have to log in everywhere we go. We have to answer the door at 6:00am, piss, urine, blood, everything, write down every supplement we have. There should be no boundaries or picos or this or that. You either cheat or you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p id=\"jW7IQC\">\u201cThe first time he got tested for EPO was when he fought Henry? It\u2019s crazy. What are they even testing for. We\u2019re not in there shooting steroids and getting big, they\u2019re doing EPO, they\u2019re doing all that kind of sh*t to cardio base. I knew that. I knew TJ was on that and that\u2019s why I said I wanted more invasive testing. He\u2019s been on it for five, six years. And that\u2019s not the only thing he\u2019s on. There\u2019s a lot of other fighters that are on sh*t too, so if you\u2019re gonna draw a line on what we can do or how we can test &#8211; you can\u2019t keep this sample, we can\u2019t detect EPO &#8211; then what are we getting tested for? Let it all be legal and let\u2019s all get juiced up and go in there and f*ck each other up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of these comments from Cody Garbrandt?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 7\/15\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt is maintaining that he knew his arch rival TJ Dillashaw was using banned substances. The surprise, Garbrandt says, was not that Dillashaw tested positive, but that it took so long for him to get caught. 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