MMA fighter Oleinik opened up about his experience using drugs banned by USADA

Russian MMA fighter Alexei Oleynik in an interview with , he called growth hormone and artificial testosterone ineffective.

For the past 10 years, Oleinik has competed in the UFC heavyweight division and has undergone regular testing by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Oleinik’s statistics in mixed martial arts are 60 wins, 17 losses and 1 draw (in UFC – 9-8). On December 15, at the RCC 17 tournament, Oleinik will hold his first official MMA fight after leaving the UFC.

— After you left the UFC, the US Anti-Doping Agency stopped testing you. Is there anything you can now use to restore what wasn’t possible before?

“I have used what you are talking about twice, when I had very serious injuries, when I had four operations on my leg for example. And that was even before the UFC, I was using growth hormone and testosterone for 3-4 months. And I didn’t see any effect. For some reason, I was filled with about five kilograms of water, and that’s it, no special strength, no special endurance, aggressiveness, desire to train. Therefore, I don’t think it can help in any way. I can now drink certain things like Mildronate with peace of mind. I drink them in normal human quantities, but I don’t see the point in bothering and injecting myself with anything.

—So now you would barely pass the USADA test?

– Well, I think so, because of the same meldonium, perhaps, or because of something else made in the Soviet Union, I would not have succeeded. And I don’t accept anything other than that.

— Did you actually take Mildronate treatment as soon as you left the UFC?

– Yes, I took a course of treatment for a month, that’s all. Why not? All our athletes and ordinary people have been drinking it for several decades. And now he has become some kind of big drug addict,” Oleinik told .

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