UFC light heavyweight Johnny Walker has been on a losing streak lately. The once-surging Brazilian’s appearances in the Octagon of late have been largely lackluster, with the no. 13 ranked 205-pounder racking up a shocking 1-4 record in his last five fights. He’ll attempt to rectify the skid at UFC 279 this weekend, and revealed on Trocação Franca that a CBD allergy is to blame.
Johnny Walker has been unwittingly drugging himself for three years. “I had no idea, and only found out four or five months ago, that CBD has a small amount of THC [delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol] in it, a small percentage, and I’m extremely allergic to THC.
Johnny Walker Reveals Three-Year-Long Drug Struggle: “I was getting drugged every single day”
It gives me schizophrenia, panic attack. I was getting drugged every single day for the last three years and didn’t know. It’s not strong, it’s a small percentage, but my brain is super sensitive for those substances and I didn’t know.”
Walker recalled “waking up in the middle of the night seeing things” among other episodes. Now clear-headed ahead of his return to the Octagon, Walker believes he’s finally turned things around.
“When I stopped using [CBD] I became more confident and trusted people more, could focus on a goal and get early to the gym. My life is 100 percent better now, brother.
I was drugging myself for the past three years and I didn’t even know. I’m simply healthier now, head in the right place, able to make plans and everything is working out.
I was having arguments with my fiancee all the time, thinking of a bunch of crap. I wasn’t acting like my real self, you know? It was affecting me a lot and I had no idea what it was. The more anxious I got, the more CBD I took, thinking ‘this sh*t will help me calm down,’ and was drugging me more with the poison. I’m not saying [CBD] is like that for everybody, it’s good for anxiety, but not for me, who has hyperactivity [ADHD]. THC wasn’t good [for me] and I didn’t know.
I’m back to being that guy I was. I didn’t need any of that — only rice, beans, and supplements, training f*cking hard and nothing else. I’m better now with all the experience I got, at the level I am. I’m fighting the best in the world and I have to take the responsibility. I know it’s hard. They train hard like I do, they’re great, they’re champions in their countries.”
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