“In the face, I think they are almost all charged”: how doping is rotting MMA

2023-11-28 13:49:32

The fight against doping involves legal standards, controls and investigations to be carried out. But sometimes also an unexpected way to immerse yourself in History. As when this test, carried out on a foreign athlete by the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD), reveals the presence of a substance intended several decades ago to increase the abilities of Soviet astronauts. An improbable and almost amusing find. If it did not reflect the worrying health state of a rapidly expanding discipline: MMA.