Hendo: TRT ban is an ‘uneducated’ response to PED abuse
“To do what they did, maybe just being uneducated about it or just don’t care,” said Dan Henderson of the ban on TRT in MMA, arguing that PED abuse is the real issue.
MMA legend Dan Henderson was one of several fighters who had been issued a Therapeutic Use Exemption for Testosterone Replacement Therapy. When the Nevada State Athletic Commission moved to ban TRT from the sport, Hendo complied, but he feels the step will not clean up the sport. To do that, he wants to see random, unannounced drug testing.
“Tackle the problems of people abusing, they’re going to abuse drugs no matter what,” said Hendo on AXSTV’s Inside MMA, as transcribed by MMAMania. “And the guys they already tested more than anyone else, they kind of dropped the hammer on them instead of across the board implementing random drug testing and no advance notice drug testing. I feel like that is the way to handle things, and to really clean up the sport. To do what they did, maybe just being uneducated about it or just don’t care.”