In MMA right now, the skill level is at an absolute all-time high. In each and every division in the UFC, there are several fighters who specialise in all different aspects of martial arts such as boxing, kickboxing, wrestling and jiu-jitsu, however, there is one thing which certain fighters are just gifted with which gives them a huge advantage over everybody else they step into the cage with and that is unbelievable cardio.
Current UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili is the current prime example in MMA of truly special cardio, as no matter what pace he is fighting at or how far he is into the fight, he can just keep going and is rarely seen breathing heavily. When a fighter comes along with as good cardio as someone like Dvalishvili, they are met with PED accusations by those who fail to supply evidence to their claims.
Legendary MMA coach Firas Zahabi has rubbished the talk of the Georgian being on PEDs, and has even branded him the Floyd Mayweather of MMA.
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When combat sports athletes are so good at a specific thing or have been at the top of their sport for a long period of time, unfortunately, their greatness is often met with accusations of PED usage. The fighter in MMA who gets the most PED accusations right now is the current UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili, and that is because of his unbelievable cardio.
Legendary MMA coach Firas Zahabi, who has coached some of the best fighters ever and has some of the best combat sports knowledge ever has rubbished the claims that fighters like Merab and Mayweather are on PEDs, and insisted instead, it is simply genetic.
Speaking in a recent video uploaded to the Tristar Gym YouTube channel, Zahabi said the following:
“His conditioning is just unreal. I’ve seen guys get caught on drugs and EPO who didn’t have cardio like him. I’m not saying he’s on EPO, I’m just saying like, even if you are on EPO, you just don’t have that level of cardio. Like there’s only one other guy I’ve ever seen with cardio like that and I will tell you, it’s Mayweather. When he sits on the stool, he doesn’t even breathe, and I’m not saying any of these guys are doping. I don’t think Mayweather dopes at all or Merab is doping, I’m just saying it’s genetic.”
If you are not aware, EPO is a type of PED which stimulates the production of red blood cells, so when someone’s oxygen levels are low, the kidneys release EPO into the blood, which basically gives someone an insane recovery ability. Zahabi has insisted that there is no chance that Merab and Mayweather have ever taken EPO and that other fighters can do whatever drills they want to try and replicate their cardio but they will never get it as it is genetic.
You can go and do their workout, you can go and try to copy them, it’s useless. It’s totally useless. It’s got to be genetic. It can’t be, ‘This guy is doing a secret formula.’ That would really blow my mind. That would really shock me. No, it’s genetic.”
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