Ali Abdelaziz posts incriminating tweet again on Islam Makhachev's IV usage after deleting once

Ali Abdelaziz (left) and UFC 284 headliner (right) [Image credits: Getty Images]
Ali Abdelaziz (left) and UFC 284 headliner (right) [Image credits: Getty Images]

Ali Abdelaziz may have slipped up again. While the famous MMA manager is known to defend athletes under his umbrella at Dominance MMA management fiercely, his recent tweet may have accidentally implicated Islam Makhachev for the second time.

Soon after Islam Makhachev defeated Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 284, Dan Hooker came out with some explosive allegations against the Dagestani champion. 'The Hangman' claimed Makhachev cheated by illegally using an IV before his bout to rehydrate.

Abdelaziz addressed the matter in a now-deleted tweet, outlining some misleading rules on quantities of IV allowed, giving many the impression that Makhachev indeed cheated. Even veteran MMA journalist Ariel Helwani confirmed the same.

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Unfortunately, for Ali Abdelaziz, his follow-up tweet may have implicated Makhachev once again. He recently quote-tweeted a statement that indicated fighters using IV rehydration was allowed:

"Brother, these people making stuff up is shocking to me, Islam did not do any IV even if he wanted to do we would do it the legal way, so many fighters didn’t even know they actually can use an IV, Wednesday I’m gonna embarrass everybody, stay tuned."

Interestingly, while the UFC and USADA do allow IV drips in case of medical emergencies, the Western Australia Combat Sports Commission (WACSC) bans the use completely. The WACSC oversaw the UFC 284 event in Perth.


Fans react to Ali Abdelaziz posting another potentially incriminating tweet on Islam Makhachev's alleged IV use

Ali Abdelaziz may have recently slipped up twice in his efforts to defend Islam Makhachev against cheating allegations. After he deleted his initial tweet, which was widely called out for its incriminatory nature, Abdelaziz posted a second tweet on the matter as mentioned above.

However, fans and the wider MMA community seem to think they caught Ali Abdelaziz inadvertently informing him on Islam Makhachev once again. His tweet attracted criticism and jokes from many users. Addressing the allegations and his tweets, fans made their thoughts known in their replies to the tweet.

Read the tweets below:

@Sage_Awal pointed out:

"I don’t think Islam used an IV, but if I’m not mistaken the commission in Australia has precedence over USADA/UFC rules when it comes to the use of IVs. The commission there has a zero-tolerance policy right?"

User @Sam_Ouellet69 wrote:

"Bro you snitched on Islam lol."

@infboxingsite questioned Ali Abdelaziz with:

"If that's the case, why did you start defending the use of IVs and claim fighters can take 2-3 liters? If Makhachev never used them, you would not need to start supporting the use of 2-3 liters of IVs."

@ZzccMMA jokingly asked Ali Abdelaziz :

Ali, I have some questions about a particular tweet you have deleted."

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