Johnny Eblen thinks Conor McGregor is accountable for an unsettling pattern on the planet of MMA.
Earlier this month, UFC Corridor of Famer Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone introduced his plans to come back out of retirement for 2 extra fights contained in the Octagon, his aim being to succeed in 50 fights underneath the Zuffa (WEC and UFC) banner. Nevertheless, his declaration of intent has been met with little or no pleasure. Actually, virtually everyone seems to be of the opinion that it’s a nasty thought, together with UFC CEO Dana White.
Following his struggle on the PFL ‘Battle of the Giants’ pay-per-view in Riyadh over the weekend, Bellator middleweight titleholder Johnny Eblen expressed his disdain for the concept of a ‘Cowboy’ return and positioned blame on McGregor for the current pattern of fighters popping out of retirement after getting juiced up.
“I simply don’t assume it’s a good suggestion to retire, take a bunch of steroids, after which come again and struggle once more,” Eblen stated, talking to the media on the PFL ‘Battle of the Giants’ press convention. “It’s not a superb look. I feel Conor [McGregor] paved the way in which, I feel he’s influencing a number of different individuals to do it, and I feel individuals are making an attempt to struggle previous their prime and use all these substances and it’s simply not pure, it’s not good.
“Your mind doesn’t heal from steroids. So all that CTE simply provides up. I’m very towards steroids, I’m very towards individuals combating previous their prime.”
Conor McGregor wasn’t as upfront about his alleged PED use as ‘cowboy’ was
Whereas on the purple carpet for the UFC 2023 Corridor of Fame ceremony, Cerrone was very open about his use of banned substances following his retirement from the game a 12 months earlier.
“I imply, proper now, all the nice sh*t after the non-USADA accepted sh*t, I really feel like I’m f*cking 21 once more,” Cerrone advised reporters final 12 months on the UFC Corridor of Fame purple carpet. “ what I’m saying? I’m telling you, guys — any of you fighters while you’re achieved, go forward and get on the TRT and put your spouse in a bind as a result of that’s while you’ll really feel like an 18-year-old boy once more” (h/t MMA Junkie).
Although Conor McGregor was not almost as open about his alleged PED use whereas recovering from the damaged leg he suffered towards Dustin Poirier in July 2021, ‘Mystic Mac’ actually didn’t deny utilizing extra substances to assist with the therapeutic course of.
That on high of the flood of images that includes a fully jacked McGregor on social media led nearly everybody to imagine that he was on the juice whereas out of the USADA testing pool.
On Saturday, Eblen efficiently defended his Bellator middleweight championship towards Fabian Edwards for the second time in 13 months. After ending Edwards by way of TKO within the third spherical of their first assembly, the champ wanted the total 25 minutes to make sure he walked away together with his title intact in Saudi Arabia.
‘Strain’ is an ideal 16-0 in his MMA profession with 4 submission victories and three by the use of KO/TKO.
