Furore rages over UFC 'cheating dog' scandal

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The contention successful the aftermath of UFC 284 has continued to rage with Islam Makhachev issuing a informing to Dan Hooker implicit claims helium cheated.

Following Makhachev's triumph implicit Alexander Volkanovski successful Perth, the Aussie's City Kickboxing teammate, Hooker, accused the lightweight champion of illegally utilizing an IV to rehydrate up of the clash.

"Dumb c--- thinks helium tin alert to Australia, prosecute a caregiver to springiness him an IV and we won't find out. Cheating dog," Hooker wrote connected Twitter.

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Since Hooker's claims, a presumption of guilt has clouded the Russian, who won by unanimous determination but inactive sits down Volkanovski successful the promotion's lb for lb rankings.

Makhachev's manager Rizvan Magomedov called the allegations "BS" and the combatant himself has present came retired swinging connected Twitter:

"You indispensable beryllium held accountable for specified accusations," Makhachev wrote.

Using an IV drip to rehydrate was communal signifier successful combat sports until the UFC partnered with USADA and implemented a regularisation alteration successful 2016.

Currently, IV infusions and/or injections that transcend 100ml during a 12-hour play are prohibited, according to USADA guidelines.

City Kickboxing manager Eugene Bareman, who mentors some Volkanovski and Hooker, told the MMA Hour helium suggested Hooker not nonstop retired the tweet.

"I advised Dan against adjacent talking astir it," Bareman said. "Look, arsenic you tin see, that accusation has holes successful it, that's what I'm alluding to, but besides there's capable accusation determination for to beryllium like, 'Eeeh…'

"This is wherefore Alex and the remainder of the squad are laughing due to the fact that we're like, something's going connected there, we conscionable can't reliably accidental what it is.

"It's frustrating due to the fact that the full athletics should beryllium played connected an adjacent playing field.

"Then again, you can't reliably accidental that Islam cheated, truthful I wouldn't spell retired determination and accidental that successful the mode that Dan did.

"That's conscionable — I don't deliberation you tin reliably accidental that. But thing was going connected there."

Bareman explained that it's imaginable that either Makhachev oregon teammate Zubaira Tukhugov could person misused the IVs.

Tukhugov missed value by implicit a lb for a lightweight contention with Elves Brener, which helium went connected to suffer via divided decision.

"Either it was Zubaira oregon whether it was Islam, something's gone connected there," Bareman said.

"If it was Zubaira and not Islam, past Islam should beryllium distanced. If anyone connected my squad was doing thing illegal, past I would instantly region the squad from that person.

"Maybe thing volition travel retired successful the wash, possibly it won't, but I deliberation the much important happening is to absorption connected the combat and not interest astir that truthful much.

"Congratulations to Islam and Javier and his different coaches who I'm not truthful acquainted with, but congratulations to those guys, they won. And congratulations to Alex.

"I'm ace arrogant of Alex and what helium was capable to bash and we'll determination on. Give america the adjacent large situation due to the fact that that's what these guys do."

Hooker's comments could travel backmost to haunt him if helium sees the Russian successful nationalist portion claims of cheating person gone down a antithetic way successful the UFC before.

Ahead of his UFC 159 clash against Chael Sonnen, erstwhile airy heavyweight champion Jon Jones told the combat sports media, Sonnen, had been doing steroids his full career.

In response, Sonnen threatened to instrumentality ineligible enactment which yet forced Jones to apologise.

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