Jasmine Jasudavicius refutes rumors of nicotine use at UFC Winnipeg

Jasmine Jasudavicius ’ fight against Karine Silva was mostly uninteresting, barring a brief moment. Jasudavicius (15-4) took on Silva in front of a home crowd at the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on Saturday. Jasudavicius picked up a unanimous decision win in a lukewarm bout mostly marked with inaction.

However, a moment in Jasudavicius’s corner captured fans’ attention. The 37-year-old was seen fiddling with something behind her lips, which fans suspected was a nicotine pouch. View this post on Instagram A post shared by West Till Death (@westtilldeath) However, Jasudavicius denies using a nicotine pouch in her fight.

Jasudavicius finds the accusations even funnier as she claims to be among the very few fighters from her gym who don’t use Zyn, a popular brand of nicotine pouches used under the lip. Jasudavicius claims that she usually uses chewing gum during workouts and warm-up, and forgot to spit one out before walking into the Octagon at UFC Winnipeg . Looks Can Be Deceiving “It’s so funny because I’m one of the only people in the gym who doesn’t use those nicotine pouches… A teammate of mine actually did fight in Honduras a couple of weeks ago with a nicotine pouch in,” Jasudavicius said on “The Ariel Helwani Show.

” “But no, I train with gum, and I was warming up with gum... I’ve fought with gum in the past, but I forgot to spit it out before the walkout, and it was still in my mouth. It’s better than a toothpick.