{"id":466472,"date":"2022-12-29T11:20:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T19:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=466472"},"modified":"2022-12-29T11:20:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T19:20:42","slug":"marlon-vera-believes-some-ufc-fighters-are-still-using-peds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/marlon-vera-believes-some-ufc-fighters-are-still-using-peds\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlon Vera believes some UFC fighters are still cheating and getting away with it: \u201cAre USADA testing people in a f*****g third world country?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the UFC roster being put through regular drug testing from USADA, Marlon Vera still believes there are fighters cheating and getting away with it.<\/p>\n<p>Vera took to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZBVClYVmAxI&amp;t=1s\"><em>Believe You Me <\/em>podcast <\/a>with Michael Bisping and Anthony Smith to claim that several fighters in the UFC were still <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/aljamain-sterling\/aljamain-sterling-trashes-usada-for-failing-to-catch-t-j-dillashaw-i-thought-they-tested-for-everything\/\">taking steroids and cheating<\/a> the system to gain an unfair advantage. Despite USADA testing fighters routinely, Bisping and Smith both agreed the issue still exists.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation began with the trio discussing the legitimacy of fighters retiring and leaving the USADA testing pool. To then use steroids to speed up their recovery process and, once fully healed, remove any wrongdoing from their system, only to return to the octagon at a later date.<\/p>\n<h3>Watch Marlon Vera discuss PEDs with Michael Bisping and Anthony Smith<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BISPING &amp; ANTHONY SMITH: Chito Vera talks Cory Sandhagen fight | Marlon &#039;Chito&#039; Vera Interview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZBVClYVmAxI?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Vera&#8217;s thoughts on the matter:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s crazy, the moment you retire you&#8217;re out of the pool. I&#8217;m like, at least test the guy for a year. Or anybody, right? But who knows? I really believe [that] even if USADA randomly tests you, they can only test you from six [AM] to six [PM]. If you have money and a decent doctor [you can definitely get away with cheating]. I believe that people are still cheating until this day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anthony-smith\/anthony-smith-reveals-plans-to-serve-as-the-backup-fighter-for-teixeira-vs-hill-at-ufc-283-in-brazil-ill-be-there-to-step-in\/\">Light heavyweight contender<\/a> and\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Believe You Me co-host <\/span><\/em>Smith<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0joined the conversation and agreed with the Ecuadorian. Vera responded by revealing some information he had heard about some drugs:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I heard [that] there are drugs [that] you can take, and literally overnight, it kind of, like disappears [from your system]. And, like, you can go for a vacation, [you can do many things to cheat]. Like, USADA is effective but are USADA testing people in a f*****g third world country? Or [are they testing people] deep down in f*****g Russia, I don&#8217;t know. I live in f*****g California, they come to my house all the time. I would rather die than cheat, so. That&#8217;s just me, right?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Quotes via<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/mma\/news-marlon-vera-claims-several-ufc-fighters-getting-away-cheating-despite-usada-testing\"> Sportskeeda<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bisping was quick to respond, stating it wasn&#8217;t just Vera that would &#8220;rather die than cheat&#8221;, but himself, Smith, and countless others are on the same page as him in regards to using performance-enhancing drugs to acquire an edge over your opponent.<\/p>\n<div id=\"infinite-content-ad-9\" class=\"ad-container\"><em><strong>What do you make of Marlon Vera&#8217;s claims on people still cheating the system?<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the UFC roster being put through regular drug testing from USADA, Marlon Vera still believes there are fighters cheating and getting away with it. Vera took to the Believe You Me podcast with Michael Bisping and Anthony Smith to claim that several fighters in the UFC were still taking steroids and cheating the system [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54500,"featured_media":466483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39563,39610],"tags":[3332,83487,10000,612],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Marlon Vera believes some UFC fighters are still cheating and getting away with it: \u201cAre USADA testing people in a f*****g third world country?\u201d | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Marlon Vera believes some UFC fighters are still cheating and getting away with it despite regular USADA testing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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