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“I was thinking, I said ‘Man, Joe Rogan is going to interview me,'” Justino told MMAjunkie during a media day in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. “I’m going to make some ironic play with him. You know, make all (these) ideas before the fight.”
Justino’s issues with Rogan go a while back. While he did publicly apologize for jokes about the champ having male genitals, made during a podcast that also featured UFC president Dana White back in 2015, he recently landed back on the champ’s bad side because of a later-cleared issue with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency stemming from a test for the banned diuretic spironolactone.
Before an investigation ended with Justino being granted a retroactive therapeutic use exemption (TUE) and cleared of any wrongdoing, Rogan expressed skepticism around her reasons to make use of the substance. “Cyborg” was quick to respond to him, who she called neither a friend or a fan.
“It was my moment there,” Justino said in her native Portuguese. “I think him, at that moment, interviewing me, and Dana White putting the belt on my waist, that was a response in itself. I didn’t need to say anything. I think they reflected at that moment. I didn’t need to say anything and ruin a special moment for me.
“We did the interview normally as if he was just any other person there. I’m not saying that we’re going to become friends. But he was doing his job, and I was doing mine.”
“Ronda (Rousey) started this, to not fight me,” Justino said. “And then everybody said that. But the fans are smart. The fans know. I take the same test everybody does. It’s USADA. I do the same thing. If you call me a cheater, you think USADA is cheating. You think they’re doing wrong, their jobs, if you think I’m a cheater. Because I do the same as everybody.
“I’m the first athlete (who) signed with USADA one year before I fought in the UFC. When I fought in Curitiba (at UFC 198), I (had already been working) with USADA for one year. When I fought in Invicta I fought girls who didn’t have to take USADA tests. I did this to prove I’m a clean athlete. I made a mistake. Everybody makes mistakes, but everybody likes to judge you.
“I think (De Randamie) wanted insurance to not fight me; she didn’t have an excuse. First (it was) about the doping, after (it was) the hands, after (it was) the doctor, after the family. I don’t know. Any day you’d interview her, she had an excuse.”
https://www.google.com/amp/mmajunkie.com/2017/08/cris-cyborg-joe-rogan-high-road-ufc-214-title/amp
Justino’s issues with Rogan go a while back. While he did publicly apologize for jokes about the champ having male genitals, made during a podcast that also featured UFC president Dana White back in 2015, he recently landed back on the champ’s bad side because of a later-cleared issue with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency stemming from a test for the banned diuretic spironolactone.
Before an investigation ended with Justino being granted a retroactive therapeutic use exemption (TUE) and cleared of any wrongdoing, Rogan expressed skepticism around her reasons to make use of the substance. “Cyborg” was quick to respond to him, who she called neither a friend or a fan.
“It was my moment there,” Justino said in her native Portuguese. “I think him, at that moment, interviewing me, and Dana White putting the belt on my waist, that was a response in itself. I didn’t need to say anything. I think they reflected at that moment. I didn’t need to say anything and ruin a special moment for me.
“We did the interview normally as if he was just any other person there. I’m not saying that we’re going to become friends. But he was doing his job, and I was doing mine.”
“Ronda (Rousey) started this, to not fight me,” Justino said. “And then everybody said that. But the fans are smart. The fans know. I take the same test everybody does. It’s USADA. I do the same thing. If you call me a cheater, you think USADA is cheating. You think they’re doing wrong, their jobs, if you think I’m a cheater. Because I do the same as everybody.
“I’m the first athlete (who) signed with USADA one year before I fought in the UFC. When I fought in Curitiba (at UFC 198), I (had already been working) with USADA for one year. When I fought in Invicta I fought girls who didn’t have to take USADA tests. I did this to prove I’m a clean athlete. I made a mistake. Everybody makes mistakes, but everybody likes to judge you.
“I think (De Randamie) wanted insurance to not fight me; she didn’t have an excuse. First (it was) about the doping, after (it was) the hands, after (it was) the doctor, after the family. I don’t know. Any day you’d interview her, she had an excuse.”
https://www.google.com/amp/mmajunkie.com/2017/08/cris-cyborg-joe-rogan-high-road-ufc-214-title/amp
