Faber suggests lie detector to combat PEDs
Uirjah Faber: “I was thinking about offering up these guys that I’m fighting to do a lie detector test. Ask them point blank, ‘Have you done performance enhancing drugs?'”
The use of Performance Enhancing Drugs in mixed martial arts is finally at the forefront, and in a recent interview with the ever awesome Steph Daniels, UFC bantamweight Urijah Faber offered a novel suggestion.
Further, showing the can do attitude that defines him, rather than sit back and ask the powers that be to take care of it, Faber is thinking about simply doing it himself.
Steph Daniels: There seems to be an increasing number of fighters getting busted for banned substances, especially during random, out of competition tests. What’s your take on this, and do you think there might be a better solution than the one in place?
Urijah Faber: I think it’s great that they’re doing so much testing now. I’ve been successful in my career for 11 years, and without having to cheat. I don’t really even do supplements. I’ve done this with healthy living and natural, organic food. I’m glad to be a representative and let people know that it can be done.
I was thinking about offering up these guys that I’m fighting to do a lie detector test. Ask them point blank, ‘Have you done performance enhancing drugs?’ I think that could be another useful element to keep the sport on track. If we take the lie detector tests, it gives just one more method of keeping guys from using out or in competition.
