Bellator Lightweight Championship Contender Alexandre Chabli In a pre-tournament press conference, Bellator addressed the incident involving opponent Usman Nurmagomedov’s failed drug test.
Shabliy and Nurmagomedov will face off on September 7 in San Diego, challenging for the promotion’s lightweight championship belt. In November 2023, it was announced that Nurmagomedov had tested positive for doping. In October, Nurmagomedov defeated American Brent Primus in the semifinals of the Bellator Grand Prix; the result of that fight was later overturned. The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) suspended Nurmagomedov for six months, while the fighter retains his championship belt.
“I don’t know what kind of substance it was, nobody knows.” When other organizations find [запрещенный] drugs, they talk about it right away. If a person has a medical appointment, it is announced right away so people know and trust the fighter. If he had a prescription, say what kind of medication it was.
“It seems to me that everyone is trying to give him confidence that he is the best, that he is strong, that everything went well for him. My mentality is good. The main thing for me is to go through the training camp well, to be sure that my sparring partners pushed me well, that my coaches did a good job. And then everything will be fine for me,” Chabliy told reporters.
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