The second thing that moved me, and the most important, was Victor pushed VADA. As we now know today, VADA is the standard as far as testing in combat sports. USADA was the big company in place before VADA. But VADA cost less, tested for more things, and they caught more fighters. That impressed me because it was obvious fighters were cheating, but no one was getting caught on a regular basis on USADA. When VADA came along that changed… So from my perspective, I felt Victor was making amends. I felt he was doing the right thing. I believed him when he said he was a different person to the guy who cheated in the early 2000s. And I loved that he pushed VADA, because I believe Margaret Goodman is a person of high integrity, and she runs VADA. Even fighters who don’t like Victor will go to VADA if they suspect their opponent is cheating. And on top of that, Victor would give certain fighters the money to pay for VADA if they wanted extra testing, or if they weren’t making crazy money in their fight purse.
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