Former MMA fighter Michael Bisping has questioned Jake Paul’s alleged refusal to undergo drug testing as the row continues ahead of his fight with Tommy Fury.
Paul and Fury are set to face off in their grudge match in Florida on December 18 after weeks of negotiations in order to get the fight off the ground.
One of the stipulations allegedly in place is that Paul will not undergo voluntary drug testing before the fight, with Tommy’s father John claiming the YouTube star turned it down despite his requests.
Paul was accused of taking steroids by Tyron Woodley in the lead-up to their fight back in August, having undergone testing with the Ohio Athletic Commission rather than the recognised Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA).
“They wouldn’t sign up to the VADA testing as well. That bothered me a little bit because I wanted that in the contract, but they wouldn’t do that,” John Fury claimed.
“I’m not even bothered about that, because of what they’re going to do, they’re going to do anyway. We just want the fight because we know we can win it.
“People think that Tommy’s getting paid to lose, they’re joking. A Fury would rather be put to death than go down that road.”
And Paul has been questioned over his alleged refusal, with Bisping – who has been vocal on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in MMA – calling the decision “bizarre”.
"Recently we have seen the rise of Jake Paul. Jake Paul is doing great things in combat sports and he's young in his career," Bisping said on his YouTube channel.
"But I just saw, a moment ago an MMA Junkie article said that he hasn't allowed drug testing to happen, for his latest against Tommy Fury, which is bizarre.
"He's put in all kinds of stipulations about 'you got to change your name to Tommy Fumbles' and this and that.
"There's all kinds of things in there, all kinds of stipulations, lots of rules, lots of work for the lawyers to put in, but he refused or said he didn't want to have VADA testing in there.
"Which is, I don't know, that's a little suspect, I don't know, I mean if you've got nothing to hide."
