I'm sure that works for test the day of the fight, but it won't help you if they stop by to do a random test.
Wanderlei got a visit from the Nevada athletic commission a while back for a random drug test and instead of just refusing the test...he took off running like someone lit his ass on fire. Instead of dealing with the issue he just announced yesterday that he is retiring from the UFC, and says its because the UFC treats its fighters so badly and does not pay enough. Wandy please!!!....You were on PED's and got popped for it.....own it. Why do I foresee Wanderlei showing up at Bellator promotions in the near future...
Why do I feel the ufc just shortchanged itself with this testing policy?
I'm a huge Rogan fan. Not just about fighting, but mostly about his ideals and for his podcast. The dude is brilliant in my opinion. He's very open minded and only wants what's best for the fighters. You never hear him sugar coat anything especially when it comes to fighters safety and what's best for them. I bet he is on TRY himself bc he's really in shape and looks great for his age. Joe knows what's up and is nothing like any of the other media/announcers. He's spot on about head injuries causing low T. No one else wants to study the science and how true trt is useful and is far from cheating.
I cringe every time I see someone say that people that are on trt are cheating or juicing to the gills or that no one really needs it. That shit really strikes a nerve with me. So many uneducated idiots are doing jobs that they have no business doing. I still can't believe that they banned trt in mma. Low T is an actual medical condition, but yet they have doctors saying that TRT is somehow cheating?!
Seriously, where do they find these idiots? I have a feeling they only hire or get docs on board that will only say or report what the commissions want them to say.
I agree low T is a medical condition and should be treated. Lets look at the other side of the coin for a sec. Say one fighter is 35 and on TRT, his test level is 1100. The other fighter (also 35) has not been diagnosed with low T, is natural and his test level is 420 or so. Is there an advantage to one fighter? I don't know, just playing devils advocate here.
As long as one's T level doesn't exceed the upper-range of normal, then it should not matter if one is on TRT or not. Juat make a cut-off point for T levels and go by that alone.
It is just as unfair to have a guy with a clinical testosterone deficiency fighting against a guy with high natural T levels, as it is to have a guy with a normal T level fight a guy on 300 mg of test per week.
In other words, the UFC will allow a guy with high natual T level to have a distinct advasntage over a testosterone deficient man, but they will suspend any man who uses TRT for the sole purpose of maintaining a normal T level.
Make sense? No--not at all. It is brutally obvious that whoever is making these decisions is either...
1.) Extremely ignorant and has no idea what they are talking about or...
2.) Is well aware of the hypocrisy of this decision, but clearly places their own agenda above individual equality.
Neither option is appealing.
We can probably thank GSP for all that attention. He has always been accused of using and never fired back until his last fight. Then he all of sudden became a crusader for going after PEDs. GSP is one of my favorite all time fighters... but that was calling the kettle black...
We can probably thank GSP for all that attention. He has always been accused of using and never fired back until his last fight. Then he all of sudden became a crusader for going after PEDs. GSP is one of my favorite all time fighters... but that was calling the kettle black...
Right. GSP is not clean most of them are not in my opinion.