Gegard Mousasi Addresses the 18-Month Suspension for Former Opponent Lyoto Machida

MMAjunkie recently spoke to UFC middleweight fighter Gegard Mousasi ahead of his UFC Fight Night 99 bout with Uriah Hall. Mousasi addressed his former opponent, Lyoto Machida, receiving an 18-month suspension from USADA. Below are some highlights.

Mousasi on Lyoto Machida being “greased up” for their fight: “100 percent he was greased up (in our fight) – 100 percent. I don’t know. Go watch back the fight, people that don’t believe me. He was shiny. You could put him behind the window and you can sell something. What can I say? That’s cheating. But other than that, he wasn’t caught for that fight for steroids. He looked lean, lean for a 36-year-old man with baby muscle and stomach of a 40-year-old. It was suspicious. But that, I can’t say anything about it. but at the end of the day he’s a fighter, you have to respect him and I think 18 months it a little bit too much.”

Mousasi on wanting Machida to come back and his suspension: “I said a lot of things about him, but at the end of the day, hopefully he come back soon. I got nothing against the guy, but he got 18 months, some guys got less of a suspension so maybe he didn’t deserve to be suspended for that long. Hopefully he comes back.”