Lifetime natty Mikey Musumeci wants to prove a point by taking out grapplers who abuse PEDs: "They’re losing to me"

Mikey Musumeci has long been championing the battle against performance-enhancing drugs, or PEDs, and believes he can take out those who are using them.

Calling out the athletes who use PEDs as "cheaters", he believes that speaking out against steroids is his moral obligation and duty because although those substances are banned in ONE Championship, they are often accepted as a norm outside the promotion.

And in this case, 'Darth Rigatoni' has always looked to champion others who pride themselves on being clean athletes and seeking progress in the sports.

Musumeci told ONE Championship in a recent interview:

“I’m constantly thinking how I could have a positive effect on society and how I could help people. I do feel like I’m in a very hard sport of jiu-jitsu, where it’s still normalized taking drugs and steroids."

He added:

"Any other sport, baseball, football, soccer, any other sport, this would be ridiculous. But in our sport, ‘Oh, everyone’s on it. It doesn’t matter.’ So I feel like I’m in the position where I’m able to show, yes, there are people on steroids, but not everyone’s on it, and they’re losing to me."

Amazingly, his next opponent would be a fellow natural athlete in ONE lightweight submission grappling world champion Kade Ruotolo, as they are scheduled to clash in the epic U.S. card ONE 168: Denver on Sept. 6.

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Mikey Musumeci and Kade Ruotolo are proof that natural athletes can dominate in grappling

The next epic matchup at ONE 168: Denver will be the ONE lightweight submission grappling world title fight between two champions in grappling, the divisional ruler Kade Ruotolo and his challenger Mikey Musumeci.

Moreover, both Musumeci and Ruotolo have been recognized as the vocal figures in the battle against steroids, and they will lock horns to prove a point inside the Ball Arena, Denver, on Sept. 6.

As the perfect role models of natural athletes who are capable of dominating the grappling world, Mikey Musumeci and Kade Ruotolo will continue to strive in their efforts to help others progress without the banned substance.

Tickets for ONE 168: Denver are available via Ticketmaster.