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Fighter admits to being high on LSD during UFC fight in Canada
On June 12th, 1970, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis infamously threw a no-hitter against the San Diego Padres while tripping on LSD. Former UFC fighter Blake Bilder took the same drug but didn’t have the same success when he fought high at UFC 289.
According to a new podcast appearance, the Contender Series 2022 signee was on LSD when he fought Kyle Nelson on the undercard of UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana in Vancouver, British Columbia. Bilder was in an extremely bad place in his life and was already facing criminal charges in Australia over drug mule allegations. So the obvious thing to do was smuggle more drugs across borders and get high before his UFC fight.
“I took LSD before the fight, a bunch of LSD,” Bilder recalled on the Rise Above with Kevin Lanning podcast. “I snuck it over the Canadian border, and then I took some the day of, right before I left to go to the show. We meet with [UFC] staff and I have these blacked out Dior glasses and nobody can see my eyes, you know?”
“When I took it, I go and I always pray. I put it on my tongue and it just dissolves. And I was like, oh no! No. No. No. I didn’t want all that. I was only supposed to do a micro. I was like, ‘Oh, no.’ And I was like, ‘Alright. No. It’s alright. God, we got this.'”
“I know God is always with me, but it just felt like I wasn’t with God. And it just felt like empty.”
To make things worse for Bilder, he was immediately drug tested.
“As soon as you get to the venue, ‘You’ve been randomly selected to be drug tested, so we’re gonna have you pee immediately when you get to the venue.'” Bilder continued. “I was like, ‘Cool.’ I just felt like everybody was giving me the eye.”
Bilder would end up losing a listless fight to Kyle Nelson via unanimous decision with 30-27, 30-27, and 29-28 scorecards. Bilder was never able to get his wrestling going against Nelson, who hit him with way more significant strikes across the card. Bilder didn’t go into details on how it felt to fight on acid, but did say the experience convinced him to stop doing drugs.
“And then I lost and everybody was talking s–t on the internet,” he said. “‘F–king dumbass! Clown!’ Laughing about my little brother’s suicide. Like, bro, like like the most brutal shit you could ever experience, bro. It was crazy the way people talk to me. This is when I get sober. So my last use was that UFC fight.”
Bilder would return several months later at a UFC Apex card, getting blanked on the scorecards 30-27×3 by Jeong Yeong Lee. The UFC would go on to release him from the promotion in October 2024, but at least Bilder hasn’t released his hold on sobriety since then.
Booing Kasper unworthy of faithful through and through mantra
Kasper Schmeichel will cost us dearly if he keeps getting picked. But booing him is out of order. It’s up to Martin O’Neill to decide if the Great Dane keeps to gloves…
All smiles from Kasper Schmeichel as he arrives at Celtic Park ahead of the UEFA Europa League 2025/26 Knockout Play-off First Leg match between Celtic FC and VfB Stuttgart at Celtic Park on February 19, 2026. (Photo by WM Sport Media/Getty Images)
Celtic got what we deserved last night, and that was absolutely nothing as our European campaign came to an abrupt end after a 4-1 thumping at the hands of Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart who never got out of third gear and couldn’t believe just how easy it was to win at Celtic Park.
We weren’t totally outclassed as such, and played well in patches, but once again individual errors cost us dearly, with one man taking his fair share of the blame and that man was Kasper Schmeichel.
Kasper Schmeichel
The veteran Dane is close to finishing his career a professional footballer, and is now counting down the days until his retirement, trying to hold onto his World Cup dream with Denmark where they will have to get through the qualifiers next month. Will Kasper keep the gloves for Denmark with the stakes so high. It’s doubtful to say the least.
Time running out on Kasper’s days as a first pick goalkeeper at Celtic is quickly running out. That was evident in his performance last night, especially his part in the first two goals, efforts an amateur keeper would have been embarrassed to conceded.
Kasper Schmeichel of Celtic concedes an own goal leading to the first goal for Aberdeen during the Scottish Cup Final match between Aberdeen and Celtic at Hampden Park on May 24, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
He appears to be protecting his left arm after that shoulder injury he suffered playing for his country in Portugal last season. Think back to Aberdeen’s equaliser at Hampden in the Scottish Cup final and to be honest that was the time for veteran keeper to hang up his gloves, at Celtic anyway.
The second Kilmarnock goal at the weekend was also revealing. The lobbed header looked easily saveable had he used his left arm but instead Kasper attempted to twist his body round to use his right hand to push away a family feeble effort yet he came up short. An elite side like FvB Stuttgart will have noticed this and tested Schmeichel whenever they could, reaping the benefits far too easily.
Kasper Schmeichel of Celtic looks dejected during the UEFA Europa League 2025/26 Knockout Play-off First Leg match between Celtic FC and VfB Stuttgart at Celtic Park on February 19, 2026. (Photo by WM Sport Media/Getty Images)
This isn’t a one off, it’s been evident for months, and why he keeps getting picked is a mystery. Brendan Rodgers, Martin O’Neill, Wilfried Nancy, and Martin O’Neill again have all put their faith in the Danish International, but it’s an issue that has the supporters constantly scratching their heads, leaving us all asking the same question, and that is why?
Why pick a goalkeeper whose best days are now behind him? A keeper who is forever costing the side, with his indecisive attitude clearly affecting the players in front of him. Even more bizarrely, Kasper is suffering from this shoulder injury, which makes it even more bizarre that he keeps getting selected in the starting XI.
Kasper was culpable of costing us a treble last season, something that should have signalled the end of his time at the club. Admittedly his earlier performances helped us win the league, and his crucial penalty stop was vital in us winning the League cup, but that’s his lot, and his form has gone steadily down hill ever since.
Martin O’Neill arrives at Celtic Park ahead of the UEFA Europa League 2025/26 Knockout Play-off First Leg match between Celtic FC and VfB Stuttgart at Celtic Park on February 19, 2026. (Photo by WM Sport Media/Getty Images)
Martin O’Neill has now got to seriously consider his options concerning the goalkeeping position. Does he stick with the low on confidence, out of shape and past his best Kasper Schmeichel, or the younger more hungrier and agile Viljami Sinisalo?
Celtic goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo after Daniels Balodis of St Johnstone scored to give St Johnstone a 1-0 lead. St Johnstone v Celtic, Scottish Premiership, , McDiarmid Park, Perth, 06 April 2025: Photo Stuart Wallace/IMAGO Shutterstock
If he has any aspirations of having a successful campaign, then it needs to be the latter.
A final word on the matter, as much as I think Kasper should no longer be starting for Celtic, the boos that were aimed in his direction by a sizeable number in the home support last night were totally out of order, and wholly unjustified.
No matter how badly a player representing the club is performing, turning on them can never be justified That’s a complete no-no in my book. It’s disgusting behaviour I hope we never hear again.
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