Belfort: Not fair to test me seven times for PEDs, and Weidman only once
Vitor Belfort: “That shows that for the system to work, everybody has to be tested equally … It’s not fair that they test me seven times and only test him once.”
Top UFC middleweight contender Chris Weidman spoke with the Brazilian media at UFC 184 on Saturday, and voiced displeasure at the fact that he is being randomly tested more frequently than is division champion Chris Weidman.
“In 2013, I was the only one (tested randomly),” said Belfort as translated by Guilherme Cruz for MMA Fighting. I was tested seven times for my fight with Weidman. Seven times. Did they test my opponent seven times?”
“The funny thing is that everybody is clean, nobody do anything wrong. But when they started testing everybody, how many got caught? Forty percent? That shows that for the system to work, everybody has to be tested equally. If they come test me for my fight with Weidman, they have to go test Weidman as well on the same date, same time. That’s an equal system. It has to be fair. It’s not fair that they test me seven times and only test him once.”
“We know how the system works these days. I don’t think the athlete does anything he doesn’t know, so I want them to test me every day. Come take my blood, my urine, but has to be equal for everyone.”
Belfort fights Chris Weidman on May 23 at UFC 187 in Las Vegas, Nevada.