Former doctor of the Rostov football club and the DIA combat organization Valentin Belyaevsky in an interview with said that he did not believe the rumors that before the fight with Alex Volkanovski team in australia Islam Makhachev used the services of a nurse who put a dropper on a Russian fighter.
Earlier, fighter Dan Hooker wrote on social media that he knew how Makhachev’s team called a nurse in Perth the week before the fight with Volknovski. Hooker is a teammate of Volkanovski and himself lost to Makhachev in 2021. According to the Australian fighter, Makhachev could go on a drip before the UFC 284 tournament, banned by anti-doping rules.
Volkanovski’s team says the Makhachev people called a nurse to put him on an IV. Haven’t athletes learned to put on droppers?
– First, I don’t believe they called the nurse, 200%. In countries like the United States and Australia, you can’t just call a nurse to your house and tell her to put you on this or that medicine. Secondly, in the team of Islam there may be people who themselves are able to put a drip or an intravenous injection. Thirdly, we will say again that it could have been a blood test.
A fight week can certainly be passed without drops. It is possible and many do. It’s just slower and harder without it. If you drive between 15 and 18 kg, it’s difficult without a dropper. But some are brought down within a month, while others are washed away in the final days.
In general, I read this story with laughter. It’s silly and a nitpicky kindergartener: “He dripped 4 ounces of saline and won a fight in five rounds.” We know it doesn’t work that way,” Belyaevsky said.
Makhachev defeated Volkanovski on Feb. 12 in a five-round bout and defended the UFC lightweight belt.
On February 19, attend the UFC Fight Night 219 tournament, the main event of which will be a fight in the women’s flyweight division between Brazilian Jessica Andrade and American Erin Blanchfield. The federal television channel “” will broadcast the tournament live from 03:00 Moscow time.
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