5 MMA fighters who fought intoxicated

#2 Riki Fukuda

Riki Fukuda (L) at a Road FC event

Former DEEP and Road FC Middleweight champion, Japanese fighter Riki Fukuda has had a decent career, so to speak. After going 2-2 inside the Octagon since his UFC debut in 2011, he faced Brad Tavares at UFC on Fuel TV: Silva vs Stann, in March of 2013.

Fighting on his home turf in Japan, Fukuda lost by Unanimous Decision to Tavares, however, it was later revealed that the Japanese Middleweight had failed a drug test in his post-fight drug screening for banned substances.

After a brief investigation period, it was revealed that said substances were ‘Stimulants’ that entered his system owing to his pre-fight consumption of a few ahem...’Over-the-counter’ cold medicines.

Regardless of his excuses, the fact remains that Fukuda endangered not only Tavares but also himself by stepping inside the Octagon to fight someone whilst knowingly having ingested banned stimulants.

Now for those of you who’re not really familiar with said ‘Stimulants’’ effects in a fight, in simple words, such stimulants play a role in serving as a ‘boost’ to the fighter’s body.

Picture a race-car and another similar car, except that the first car is a non-modified stock version and the second car, a Supercharged modified version with a Turbo Booster. Now go figure which one holds an advantage over the other! Which brings us to...