Benoît Saint-Denis, who faces Ismael Bonfim this Saturday at the UFC, returned to doping in MMA after having notably been confronted with a positive opponent some time ago.
It is one of the scourges of sport in general. And MMA is not spared. Doping plagues the discipline that is fashionable at the moment. French fighter Benoît Saint-Denis had also faced Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (defeat in October 2021), who was suspended by the American anti-doping agency for one year, following the use of ostarine. In an interview with CNEWS, he confided in this subject.
Divine justice to punish cheaters
“Already, you should know that in the United States, in the biggest sports like basketball and American football, they have “off season” where the guys all load like mules, he dropped in an interview with CNEWS. In MMA, it exploded. In the United States, doping controls have only been around since 2016. (Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos) he’s a guy who joined the UFC in 2015, he used one of the most popular anabolics… Yes, the guys get caught more, but I find that the penalties are weak, it even encourages to load. It’s like saying: “go there in the end, you win your fight and you will only have a small suspension of 6 months or a year and then after you start again.”
Regarding the solutions that should be found, Benoît Saint-Denis relies on a very particular justice. “So that’s a little annoying… But hey, it doesn’t matter, I have the happiness and the chance to be very religious and I think that the liars, they will pay for it. They will pay it in the court of heaven later.”
The Nîmes also indicated that in France, doping was much more tracked. “Doping is very frowned upon in France so that’s a good thing and it’s a source of pride, he explains. It is a source of pride to have such a strict country where doping is so decried, especially because I think that in France, the health of French inhabitants is essential. In the United States, it’s a truly incredible, magical country… but there are deviations that are still less present in France, especially in terms of health.
Benoît Saint-Denis has 10 wins, 1 loss and a “no decision” in his MMA career. Aged 27, the one who is part of the Bulgarian Top Team, is a former soldier of the French armed forces.
Benoît Saint-Denis’ interview in L’Arène podcast
2023-07-01 08:43:30
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