Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker will be looking at the use of oxygen cans by Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal and KJ Noons just before their televised fights this past weekend at Strikeforce: Houson.
MiddleEasy.com broke the story on Sunday, pointing out their use and identifying them as TRUO2 Portable Oxygen Can’s. The use of compressed O2 is a no-no giving one fighter a distinct advantage over another.
Coker was asked about the oxygen cans on Sunday night while he was a guest of the MMA Nation online radio show.
“You know, I’ll tell you, the cans, the oxygen cans were brought to our attention actually this morning by one of our guys and I didn’t see any anything, but I heard that they [Noons and Lawal] were taking some oxygen. Like you say, canned oxygen. So, we’re going to look into it, but right now I just don’t have enough information so I don’t want to comment until I find out what it was. And from what I hear everything that they did was approved by the commission, so we’ll talk to them and have a conversation with them.”
Let’s hope that the Texas State Athletic Commission takes this seriously also and starts their own investigation.
HT: BloodyElbow.com