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Alexander Volkanovski and Islam Makhachev seemed to be on the same page about a rematch in recently released UFC 284 footage. Makhachev defeated Volkanovski via unanimous decision in their UFC 284 headliner earlier this month. It was a back-and-forth w…
Alexander Volkanovski and Islam Makhachev seemed to be on the same page about a rematch in recently released UFC 284 footage. Makhachev defeated Volkanovski via unanimous decision in their UFC 284 headliner earlier this month. It was a back-and-forth war from start to finish as Makhachev stymied Volkanovski’s attempt to become a UFC double champion….
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UFC flyweight legend and reigning ONE Championship titleholder Demetrious Johnson has outlined what changes he thinks Islam Makhachev would need to make in a rematch with Alexander Volkanovski. In what will no doubt be in the conversation of the year&#…
UFC flyweight legend and reigning ONE Championship titleholder Demetrious Johnson has outlined what changes he thinks Islam Makhachev would need to make in a rematch with Alexander Volkanovski. In what will no doubt be in the conversation of the year’s best fights come the end of 2023, Makhachev and Volkanovski battled for five rounds this…
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Stephen Thompson has competed in the UFC’s welterweight division for over ten years now, and “Wonderboy” says there’s one new fighter in the weight class that has really caught his eye. The 40-year-old is coming off a strong performance in his last fig…
Stephen Thompson has competed in the UFC’s welterweight division for over ten years now, and “Wonderboy” says there’s one new fighter in the weight class that has really caught his eye. The 40-year-old is coming off a strong performance in his last fight when he defeated Kevin Holland in the main event of a UFC…
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Former UFC star Chael Sonnen has given his take on the recent accusation leveled at Islam Makhachev by his fellow lightweight Dan Hooker. This past weekend, Makhachev added a first successful defense to his reign at 155 pounds by moving past a stiff ch…
Former UFC star Chael Sonnen has given his take on the recent accusation leveled at Islam Makhachev by his fellow lightweight Dan Hooker. This past weekend, Makhachev added a first successful defense to his reign at 155 pounds by moving past a stiff challenge from below. Despite what was widely expected to be an insurmountable…
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UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski has refuted claims he was ‘robbed’ in his lightweight title challenge at UFC 284. Last weekend, Volkanovski departed his usual hunting ground in search of a new type of prey. Having defended …
UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski has refuted claims he was ‘robbed’ in his lightweight title challenge at UFC 284. Last weekend, Volkanovski departed his usual hunting ground in search of a new type of prey. Having defended his 145-pound gold against Max Holloway, Brian Ortega, and Chan Sung Jung, the Australian attempted to add a…
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City Kickboxing head coach, Eugene Bareman has addressed accusations from his student, Dan Hooker, who alleges UFC 284 headliner, Islam Makhachev used an IV drip to rehydrate ahead of his main event clash with teammate, Alexander Volknanovski, however, claimed that “something” was going on with the team, despite not having concrete evidence. Headlining UFC 284 […]
City Kickboxing head coach, Eugene Bareman has addressed accusations from his student, Dan Hooker, who alleges UFC 284 headliner, Islam Makhachev used an IV drip to rehydrate ahead of his main event clash with teammate, Alexander Volknanovski, however, claimed that “something” was going on with the team, despite not having concrete evidence.
Headlining UFC 284 last weekend against undisputed featherweight champion, Volkanovski, American Kickboxing Academy staple, Islam Makhachev managed to land a unanimous decision victory over the Australian, in a hard-fought back-and-forth over the course of five rounds.
However, in the aftermath of his victory, Islam Makhachev was hit with accusations of pre-fight cheating from Volkanovski’s teammate, Hooker, who claimed the Russian had hired a nurse to administer an intravenous drip to him following Friday’s weigh-ins.
In a bid to attempt to clarify the rules regarding the use of IV drips, former USADA leader, Jeff Novitsky claimed that fighters may utilized a maximum of 100ml of saline per 12 hour period, once deemed required and administered by a licensed physician.
And in a bid to address the accusations brought against Islam Makhachev, head coach, Bareman admitted that while they were lacking concrete evidence pertaining to any mishap, “something” had been going on.
“We have reliable information to a point,” Eugene Bareman told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour. “I will half plead the fifth. Can you half-plead the fifth? The two and a half? The information falls short because for several reasons, and one of them is that you can actually take an IV before a fight. It just has to be 100 ml of saline every 12 hours, in a 12 hour block. So what it has to come down to is whether you believe that people are going to take this saline, 100 ml, and then stop.”
“And the fact that from that team there were there were two fighters from that same team and the information can’t reliably tell us yet which fighter illegally hydrated or whether they went over 100 ml,” Bareman explained. “But I don’t know, no information can tell us without a doubt that someone in their team used an IV badge to rehydrate, which is not illegal if you used 100 ml. You’ve just got to ask yourself if it’s only 100 ml you’ve got to use for 12 hours, why would would you even bother?”
Following Hooker’s claims, Islam Makhachev’s manager and representative, Rizvan Magomedov rubbished the accusations, labelling them as “complete bullsh*t”.