UFC middleweight Brendan Allen posted to his Instagram story that French officials forced him and featherweight Renato Moicano to go through extra testing on top of the required tests following official weigh-ins on Friday.
Brendan Allen posted to his IG story that he and Renato Moicano had to do extra tests following weigh-ins at #UFCParis while their opponents got to go rest. pic.twitter.com/kxp1Y4nMay
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“Just so everyone knows France has the most corrupt way of dealing with fighters ever in the whole world,” Allen said on IG.
Allen (24-5) made weight at 186 pounds at official weigh-ins in Paris, and that’s when he says he was put through more testing by ‘corrupt’ French officials.
“Made weight no problem. Then they’re going to tell me that I have to give blood. First urine. First they said urine. Right off the scale. So dehydrated waited three hours finally had to pee,” he said.
“Then they tell me I’ve got to give blood on top of that.”
These were on top of the normal drug testing that fighters go through on every fight card. Allen said he gave the urine sample and then a blood sample, but officials were not satisfied with the amount of blood.
“So then I do the urine. They do blood. They don’t get enough, they try to tell me they need more, I said you’re not going to stick me again. Then they want to do a different type of blood. So they did that too. That didn’t work,” he said.
“So then they though about doing another one and then I said no.”
Allen alleged that his opponent, Nassourdine Imavov, did not have to do the extra testing and was able to go recover following weigh-ins.
“So while my opponent gets to go upstairs (fighter hotel) and sleep after he makes weight I have to stay down for what three-and-a-half hours. No main like top guy of France had to do this sh*t,” said Allen.
“So just me and Moicano had to do this. The two most important fights on the card and the two Frenchmen didn’t (have) to have anything. They just get to go to their room, sleep, chill, eat, do everything they want to do. F*ck this place. This place is a f*cking sh*thole.”
Brendan Allen faces Nassourdine Imavov in the co-main event of UFC Paris.
