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UFC 232: Alexander Gustafsson Claims Jon Jones Knowingly Took PEDs Due to Lack of Confidence
By FCF Staff
Following the latest incident involving Jon Jones and USADA, Alexander Gustafsson is accusing his rival of knowingly taking performance-enhancing drugs. In addition, “The Mauler” contends “Bones” did so due to a lack of confidence.
Jones and Gustafsson… Read More
Report: Jon Jones Passed Polygraph Test Re: Claim He Didn’t Knowingly Take PEDs
By FCF Staff
Jon Jones has said he never knowingly took performance enhancing drugs, after he tested positive for an anabolic steroid last summer, and the fighter has reportedly passed a polygraph test regarding that claim.
Following Jones’ stoppage win… Read More
Chuck Liddell: “It Seems Real Obvious” Jon Jones Used PEDs
By FCF Staff
As the MMA world waits to see what comes next for Jon Jones, following his latest potential doping violation, Chuck Liddell’s argued it’s “obvious” the star was using performance enhancing drugs.
Liddell appeared on the latest “MMA… Read More
Alexander Gustafsson Stands by Recent Comments, Believes Jon Jones Has Used PEDs
By FCF Staff
Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson recently had a heated, Twitter exchange, and the latter is standing by one of the accusations he made.
Following Gustafsson’s stoppage win over Glover Teixeira at UFC FN 109, the Swedish star… Read More
Report: Chad Mendes Suspended For Two Years Following Positive Test For PEDs
By FCF Staff
After failing an out of-competition drug test that was administered to him in May, Chad Mendes has reportedly been suspended for two years.
The 31 year-old, featherweight contender tested positive for GHRP-6, which is known as growth-hormone releasing… Read More
MMA Pioneer Mark Kerr Opens up About PEDs, Drug Use, And Career in New Documentary
By FCF Staff
Former UFC tournament winner and PRIDE vet, Mark Kerr, has opened up about his use of PEDs and his addiction to pain killers in a new documentary.
The 46 year-old Kerr, who at one point was viewed… Read More
Anderson Silva Denies Using PEDs in New Statement: “I Was Never a Cheater”
By FCF Staff
Not long after it was reported that Anderson Silva allegedly tested positive for steroids leading up to UFC 183, he denied using PEDs, and following additional test failures the legendary fighter has repeated that claim.
Recently it… Read More
UFC’s Daniel Cormier: “Once a Fighter Relies on PEDs, There’s no Going Back”
By FCF Staff
Yesterday, the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced that it is going to implement and fund more stringent and random drug testing by mid 2015, and clearly Daniel Cormier is happy to hear it.
The light-heavyweight contender and commentator… Read More
Watch UFC Press Conference Regarding PEDs Starting at 1 PM/ET
By FCF Staff
The UFC is holding a press conference today beginning at 1:00 PM/ET. The event is expected to cover performance enhancing drugs and new policies the promotion is implementing to address the issue.
You can watch… Read More
Report: Royce Gracie Argues PEDs Not a Widespread Problem in MMA
By FCF Staff
Due to the recent wave of high profile, drug test failures, many pundits and fighters have speculated that performance enhancing drugs are a far reaching problem through out pro MMA. One of the sport’s pioneers, Royce Gracie,… Read More
Report: Ronda Rousey Says PEDs Could “Destroy the Whole Sport”, Lead to “First Homicide Case”
By FCF Staff
Recently former UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre said athletes on performance enhancing drugs are like a “biological weapon” and now the promotion’s bantamweight champ, Ronda Rousey, has made similar comments.
Rousey, who is set to fight Cat… Read More
Report: Georges St-Pierre Says PEDs Like a “Biological Weapon”, Believes UFC 183 Main Event Should Have Been Cancelled
By FCF Staff
Georges St-Pierre has relayed that one of the reasons he’s not sure if he’ll fight again is because of the prevalence of PEDs in MMA. Now the former UFC champ is discussing the issue once again, following… Read More
Report: Cung Le Issues Statement Denying Use of PEDs
By FCF Staff
After being suspended for one year by the UFC, for allegedly testing positive for human growth hormone in a recent drug test, Cung Le has issued a statement denying any wrong doing.
The 42 year-old Le, who… Read More
Report: Chad Mendes Accuses Jose Aldo of Using PEDs
By FCF Staff
The rivalry between Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes continues to heat up, as now the latter has accused the UFC featherweight champ of taking performance enhancing drugs.
The comments come not long after Aldo’s fiery open letter,… Read More
UFC 161’s Roy Nelson: “People Who Are in Our Sport Tend to Abuse PEDS”, “More Skills” Key to His Success
By Kelsey Mowatt
Not only has Roy Nelson has been on a headline grabbing run as of late, as stopping Dave Herman, Matt Mitrione and Cheick Kongo in a row will do that, but the charismatic heavyweight continues… Read More
Aaron Tru Corners Alistair Overeem And Gets Very Surprising Responses About Watching Other Fighters and PEDs
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In this Full Contact Fighter exclusive, correspondent Aaron Tru caught up with UFC heavyweight contender and former Strikeforce and K-1 Grand Prix heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem at the K-1 fighter tryouts in… Read More
PEDs Policy Formalized by Zuffa at Recent Fighter Summit
By FCF Staff
The Ultimate Fighting Championship and Strikeforce held a Fighter Summit recently on July 9th and July 10th in Las Vegas, Nevada, and according to a press release from the organizations, a written policy against performance enhancing… Read More
Georges St-Pierre Says Depression & Dispute With UFC Over Drug Testing Led to 2013 Hiatus
By FCF Staff
Over the year, Georges St-Pierre has talked about how the pressures of being a champion, led to his initial hiatus. But, more recently, the Canadian star provided even more alarming details, as to why he decided to… Read More
UFC Vegas 32: Will T.J. Dillashaw Prove The Oddsmakers Wrong?
T.J. Dillashaw sounds extremely confident that he’s going to reclaim the UFC’s bantamweight title. But, the oddsmakers clearly aren’t so sure, ahead of Dillashaw’s UFC Vegas 32 fight with Cory Sandhagen.
Will the former champ prove his critics and doubters… Read More
Cory Sandhagen: Title Shot For T.J. Dillashaw Would be “Disrespectful to The Sport”
By FCF Staff
Cory Sandhagen wants to fight for the bantamweight belt, after defeating Frankie Edgar at UFC Vegas 18, and he won’t be happy if T.J. Dillashaw cuts the line ahead of him.
Sandhagen devastated Edgar with a flying… Read More