Mitrione: Fighters failing anti-doping test should be charged with murder
Matt Mitrione: “I believe if anybody fights an MMA fight with steroids or anabolics in their system, they should be charged with attempted murder.”
Heavyweight Matt Mitrione appeared recently on Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour, and discussed Shane Carwin’s request to become an alternate in Bellator MMA’s World Grand Prix 2018:
Quinton Jackson vs. Chael Sonnen
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Frank Mir
Matt Mitrione vs. Roy Nelson
Ryan Bader vs. Muhammed Lawal
‘Meathead’ welcomed the potential entry, with a caveat. Although Carwin has never failed an anti-doping test, his name appeared on a list of professional athletes that received performance enhancing drugs from disgraced pharmacist J. Michael Bennett, who was sentenced to four years in prison. The PEDs came to Carwin via a local doctor, and date back to before his entry into mixed martial arts competition. However, for Mitrione, questions linger.
I’ll say this, anyone he fights will definitely want a drug test, that’s for certain, said Mitrione, as transcribed by Adam Guillen Jr. for MMA Mania. If he can pass that, I think anyone would be cool with fighting him. I think that’s going to be a major conversation.
I believe, just let me throw this out there, I believe if anybody fights an MMA fight with steroids or anabolics in their system, they should be charged with attempted murder. If the fight actually goes on, they should be charged with attempted murder.”
Steroids affect everything, not just muscles. They affect cardio, squeezing strength, punching strength. If you know how to utilize then it’s really dangerous. Steroids affects cardio positively. The amount of oxygen that your red blood cells carry, it increases everything across the board. If you fight with anabolic steroids in your system, if you actually have the fight, its consummated and you get popped you should be charged with attempted murder.
Mitrione also said he doesn’t believe many heavyweights are taking PEDs, and that looks are a factor in the decision.
In the meantime, Carwin has a rematch vs. Roy Nelson. Their first fight at 2012’s The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale ended with a victory for Big Country. Mitrione suggested that the size of the cage played a role, and that then matchmaker Joe Silva duped him into fighting in the smaller cage. Silva compellingly refuted that argument.