“He Didn’t Cheat”: Dana White Defends Ryan Garcia, Seemingly Says He Had Improper Individuals Defending His Case

After a terrific win in opposition to Devin Haney, Ryan Garcia was in full disbelief when he found his B-sample examined constructive for Ostarine, a selective androgen receptor modulator, in different phrases, a PED. Though Garcia and his authorized staff argued for the boxer’s innocence, the NYSAC finally banned ‘KingRy’ for a yr, altering his victory in opposition to Haney right into a no-contest. Now, UFC president Dana White jumped to Ryan Garcia’s protection, publicly claiming the latter didn’t cheat!

So, Garcia argued that he was at nighttime about Ostarine and had solely taken ashwagandha, D-3, and Omega-3 among the many pure dietary supplements. On the similar time, Darin Chavez, one of many members of Garcia’s authorized staff, revealed that after the opposed analytical discovering, ‘KingRy’ voluntarily despatched his hair to Dr Pascal Kintz for hair-sample evaluation which returned “negative.” Due to this fact, Chavez hoped one of many pure dietary supplements Garcia took would “prove to be contaminated.”

On this context, yesterday, Ryan Garcia even held Coach Scooter accountable for offering ‘KingRy’ with “tainted” dietary supplements he believed have been liable for the constructive take a look at. And now Dana White mentioned, “With all our knowledge that we have and the years that we’ve been drug-testing, we believe the people who had handled the drug-testing [knew] that he took a tainted supplement and that he did not cheat.” In White’s opinion, Garcia’s staff did not deal with the matter properly.

“If he had the right people around him that wouldn’t have happened. We were pretty confident it was a tainted supplement,” Dana White added on the post-fight press convention of UFC 303.

“It’s not my fight, it’s none of my business, not my place to even talk about it. But, from what my team tells me, and these guys are the best, it was a tainted supplement,” White concluded. Talking of the inadequacy of Garcia’s staff, it’s value mentioning that Garcia just lately fired his lawyer-cum-advisor.

Ryan Garcia fires Lupe Valencia over alleged hyperlink with Coach Scooter

After the opposed discovering got here to mild, Darin Chavez informed ESPN that on the listening to with the NYSAC, they might “absolve Garcia of any wrongdoing.” However, after Garcia needed to forfeit the $1.2 Million he constituted of the combat in opposition to Devin Haney, his staff claimed it was not in Ryan’s nature to cheat. So, they argued firmly that Garcia had not taken a banned substance “intentionally.” Nonetheless, Garcia’s authorized staff failed to save lots of the boxer from a one-year ban.

On that observe, Ryan Garcia fired his lawyer and advisor Lupe Valencia who had related ‘KingRy’ with Coach Scooter, the one Garcia believed gave himself tainted dietary supplements. “I fired Lupe. Lupe’s gone. Like two days ago… He’s Al Haymon’s puppet,” ‘KingRy’ informed FightHype. On being requested if Valencia hooked Garcia up with Scooter, Ryan mentioned, “Yeah.” With that mentioned, what do you consider Dana White defending Ryan Garcia? Tell us within the feedback beneath.