Raw Dawgin' it;1383223 wrote:It's right up there with this KO

Scarlet_Buckeye;1384587 wrote:This one is better than Uriah's. Why? Because this one was FULL extension. Uriah's, he had his knee bent/cocked. Regardless, both were epic.

When screening therapeutic-use-exemption applicants, most state athletic commissions ask if they've ever tested positive for any banned substances. Nevada includes that question as part of its criteria, but, according to NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer, answering yes does not necessarily disqualify an applicant. As Kizer told me via email this week, "The burden on the applicant would be even higher," but that application could possibly still be approved.


This is where we get into a major problem with the whole testosterone-replacement therapy issue. Vitor Belfort is a great example. We know he's tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in the past. We also know that abusing certain performance-enhancing drugs can damage a person's endocrine system. So even if we accept Belfort's claim that now, as a 35-year-old man, he does suffer from abnormally low testosterone levels, how do we know he didn't do it to himself? And if he did do it to himself, why should we give him permission to inject testosterone now to erase the consequences of his own decisions? How is that fair to other fighters who have never used PEDs?


That's a question that's not being adequately addressed right now. When we're talking about whether to allow professional fighters to inject themselves with steroids – and please, before you try to argue that synthetic testosterone isn't a steroid, go look at the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of prohibited substances, right there under part B of "Anabolic Androgenic Steroids" – the cause has to matter. We all saw Belfort when he was in his early 20s. No way that was a guy who suffered from naturally occurring hypogonadism. It would take a damn miracle for a man with abnormally low testosterone to get that big and strong, not to mention compete at that level as a professional athlete. So if we accept that he didn't have the condition then, but does have it now, what caused it? Age? His lifestyle? Past drug use? Years of weight-cutting and hard training and sustaining blows to the head? I don't see why any of those potential causes should be reason enough to allow him to fight other men for a living while under the influence of synthetic testosterone.


Getting too old to compete clean? Retire. Taken too many hits to the head? Retire yesterday, and go see a doctor. Messed up your own hormone production with drug use? Either make do with what you got, or else retire and go give talks to high school athletes about why they shouldn't do what you did. All of those seem like better options for our sport and its fighters than sanctioned performance-enhancing drug use.

Raw Dawgin' it;1384995 wrote:Ben Fowlkes putting Vitor on blast.

robj55;1385037 wrote:The blame shouldn't lie with the athletes, but rather with the commissions. They are the ones who are making TRT legal, of course the athletes are going to use it to get an advantage.

Raw Dawgin' it;1385063 wrote:Yeah - but Vitor gets on his high horse about rematches and talks a ton of ****, yet he's on drugs. I thought Overeem looked softer and slower than he did against Brock and it was probably from not taking PEDs. He was gassed in the 3rd and had barely done anything.

sportchampps;1385423 wrote:Looked it up Nevada allows 6-1 ratio so don't tell me that their level isn't higher then a normal person.

OSH;1385602 wrote:This is old stuff, but I finally got to see Warrior...why in the world did I wait so long?!

robj55;1386673 wrote:No idea but that movie is excellent, MMA fan or not.

bigdaddy2003;1391025 wrote:I just read where Nick Diaz has skipped 3 taping sessions for the countdown show for the ppv.