French mixed martial arts fighter Benoit Saint Denis, ranked 12th in the UFC's official lightweight rankings, expressed confidence that the former division champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and current Islam Makhachev repeatedly used illegal drugs.
“I have no doubt that the Nurmagomedov family is charged like mules. They are smart in the way they dope, they know how to do it correctly. Makhachev got caught in 2016! He was caught with meldonium. Because of this drug, Russian athletes were suspended from the Olympics in 2016,” the Frenchman said in an interview with Figaro.
Let us recall that at the end of 2015, Makhachev tested positive for meldonium, but the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) ruled that the Dagestani took a drug with this substance on the recommendation of his doctor to treat frequent arrhythmia.
