Longo definitely not comfortable with Belfort
Ray Longo: “I just hope the guy passes the drug test. I hope the guy mans up and does what he has to as a man and for his kids and to set a good example.”
Vitor Belfort is scheduled to fight Chris Weidman at UFC 181 on Dec 6. But before fight Weidman, Befort faces drug tests at any point, where ever he is in the world, at his cost.
However, in a recent interview with Mike Bohn for MMAJunkie, Weidman’s coach Ray Longo expressed reservations about the fight.
I’m definitely not comfortable, said Longo. I just hope the guy passes the drug test. I hope the guy mans up and does what he has to as a man and for his kids and to set a good example. Instead of talking about it, just do it. Take the drug tests, pass them, and let’s get the fight on.
If you look at history in the past, you can’t be comfortable with the guy passing a drug test. I’m just hoping the guy does the right thing and he had an epiphany somewhere and he’s going to do the right thing. Let’s pass the test and fight. So that’s what I want to happen.
We’re going to prepare for the TRT version of Vitor Belfort. We’re going to prepare for the best Vitor Belfort there is. Weidman loves to test himself. He’ll beat him on steroids, off steroids – it doesn’t matter. We want to make it fair and we want the best Belfort there is.
I just thing on his past actions, as a logical person, I don’t think I can be that comfortable. We have to be ready for a contingency plan in case the guy fails the test, which kind of stinks.