Chris Weidman will never trust Yoel Romero after failed drug test
Long before the UFC rolled out a new comprehensive drug testing program run by USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency), former middleweight champion Chris Weidman was one of the loudest voices in the promotion advocating for a clean sport.
Weidman has blasted numerous fighters in the past for using performance enhancing drugs and at UFC 205 he will face Yoel Romero, who is returning to action for the first time since facing a six-month suspension after a failed drug test from his last bout with Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza.
USADA found that Romero was actually the victim of a tainted supplement that he was taking, which is why the former Olympic silver medalist was only suspended for six months versus a possible two year sentence, but Weidman still isn't buying that excuse.
Weidman is already suspicious, but the fact that Romero tested positive in the past puts an asterisk next to his name no matter what the Cuban born middleweight does now or into the future.
"(Romero) failed while USADA was testing him randomly so he had the balls to take it then along with a lot of other guys. I wouldn't be surprised if he's still taking something, maybe he's getting smarter with it," Weidman told FOX Sports.
USADA will test both Weidman and Romero leading up to their fight on Nov. 12 at Madison Square Garden and the former champion hopes that will deter his opponent from trying anything shady.
"I'm really hoping he's being tested properly leading up to this next fight," Weidman said. "I heard that they were going to test him, switching up the times, because you hear guys know the times they are going to be tested. Supposedly they are going to come at a bunch of different times so it's completely random.
"So if these guys are taking stuff it's a really risky thing. I hope they all get caught, every single one of them gets busted taking something. Hopefully the guys who were on stuff, they become pros and come off stuff and fight like a man like everybody else."
Even if USADA is relentless in their pursuit to test Romero as often as possible during his training camp, Weidman still won't truly believe there still couldn't be something illegal at work.
Weidman loves what USADA represents and how stringent the testing has becoming since the new UFC policy was enacted last year, but he'll never underestimate a cheater's will to bend the rules to maintain a competitive advantage.
"I just don't trust anything," Weidman said. "I don't know if these guys got doctors and they're getting their bloodwork checked everyday. I don’t what lengths they're willing to go to. If they've been on steroids for a long time and they don't want to come off, what kind of money are they willing to spend? What support they have to figure out ways to beat these drug tests? Buy different drugs that don't show up on tests?
"I don't trust any of it."
