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PEDs aren’t likely to lead to deaths in MMA, but these things might

Following Brock Lesnar’s failed drug test at UFC 200, several media members and fighters have claimed PED use in MMA is a massive danger to fighters, which will result in a fatality. Iain Kidd disagrees, and highlights six much larger dangers to fighters.

A year or so ago, Georges St-Pierre claimed an opponent being on PEDs was like allowing them to bring a knife into the cage. In a recent interview with Ariel Helwani, Mark Hunt compared it to having a gun in the cage. Esteemed sports journalist Kevin Iole, claimed a fighter facing someone on performance enhancing drugs is "a fatality waiting to happen.