Dana White fully rejects any claims of favoritism by the French fee at UFC Paris.
This previous Saturday, the UFC returned to Paris for its third present within the French capital. Some drama happened earlier than the fights as Brendan Allen — who fought Nassourdine Imavov within the co-main occasion — accused the French athletic fee of corruption for detaining him together with Renato Moicano for drug-testing after their official weigh-ins. Based on Allen, he and Moicano had been detained for a number of hours whereas they waited to provide samples, which interfered along with his regular restoration schedule. Given this occurred to he and Moicano, who had been each dealing with French fighters at UFC Paris, Allen felt one thing was amiss.
And Allen was not alone. On Tuesday, Moicano — who went on to defeat Benoit Saint Denis in the principle occasion — revealed on his podcast he was equally sad with the scenario, although he’s open to the thought it was merely incompetence at play, not corruption.
“I made weight at 10:00 within the morning and I left the room at like 2 p.m. That was f*cking unbelievable,” Moicano mentioned. “4 hours ready to do the take a look at, as a result of I didn’t have water in my physique.
“They solely had like two individuals within the fee and so they mentioned when you weigh in, you can not go away, as a result of it’s important to have an individual with you on a regular basis. However that they had greater than three or 4 athletes over there. I don’t care if the fee is corrupt, or in the event that they’re simply dumb. A kind of two. Or they’re each. However you can not take a look at any individual that doesn’t have water of their physique.”
For what it’s price, White says was the latter.
On Tuesday, White spoke with reporters following the newest episode of Dana White’s Contender Collection the place he addressed Allen’s claims, categorically denying any corruption.
“It’s not true,” White mentioned. “They had been feeling like they had been being singled out. The French guys had been obtainable. They’ve their very own doping group that they use. Did they make in all probability dangerous judgment across the weigh-in time? Sure. It’s when these guys are probably the most depressing, dehydrated, the checklist goes on and on.
“There was no foul play by any means with them. We get why they felt that means, but it surely wasn’t true.”
In the end, Allen misplaced his battle towards Imavov through unanimous determination, whereas Moicano scored a second-round stoppage of Saint Denis in the principle occasion.
