G. Mousasi faces R. MacDonald in a superfight at Bellator. (Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC)
Gegard Mousasi believe that Lyoto Machida was using performance-enhancing substances when they fought in 2015. Now, “The Dragon” has joined Bellator, the middleweight champion has insisted that Brazilians need to undergo “extra” tests if they want to fight again.
“He had a six-pack a few years ago and since USADA came, he doesn't have one anymore. I do not want to talk about that. People always say I'm a bad loser. I'm not a bad loser, I'm saying I fought people who were using steroids, you idiots – what don't you understand about that?” Mousasi explained.
The Bellator middleweight champion claims that to have a new confrontation with Machida, he would have to undergo blood tests, because he doesn't trust him. "Rematch? 100 percent. And if we have a rematch, we should be tested the same way as USADA – blood and urine – because he is a cheater, 100% he is a cheater,” he said.
Even though Mousasi thinks Machida was penalized for admitting his use of 7-Keto-DHEA before his confrontation with Dan Henderson . He is convinced that karateka were using substances that increase combat performance.
