Meltz on Sherk haters:"If those people only knew"

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Sorry if this is already being discussed in another topic, I searched and didn't see anything

 

Full quote:

"Sherk was booed unmercifully with loud "steroid" catcalls. If those people only knew."

www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp 

 

Obvious question... WTF does that mean?

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ttt

Maybe he was just alluding to the theory that all fighters use steroids, and Sherk was just dumb enough to get caught?

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It means Sherk gives half his paycheck to orphans, orphans with diseases! Or, he's done worse than taking steroids like kicking grannies out in front of cars? Or something else, I'm not quite sure.. It definitely means something though..

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i think smoogy is correct

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Link isnt working for me.

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smoogy - ttt


Maybe he was just alluding to the theory that all fighters use steroids, and Sherk was just dumb enough to get caught?


smoogy pwns the correct......meltzer has written in his newsletter in the past about the prevalence of performance enhancers in mma, kinda as an offshoot of his work on steroids in pro wrestling.... here is a snippet that came out around the time of the announcement of random, out of competition testing:

"From talking with a few athletes since this announcement was made, the feeling is it is far more significant than most think. Nobody knows the percentage of MMA fighters who use steroids, but the number isn't low. According to one person who distributes with a major camp and named names, the best way I can put those results is, there were guys, based on looks, guys who you wouldn't think are using steroids who do during the off-season, guys you would be sure of who are; and guys who ar name stars who you would think are or at least might, but wouldn't be sure, who both are and aren't. The idea everyone is using them so it's a balanced field that many supporters of steroids in MMA claim is clearly not the case. But top guys, and mid-level guys are using, because they know the specific dates they are being tested, which is the day before or day of their fight. Whether the percentage of top guys is 25% or 60% (and based on name fighters at the specific camp in question I'd guess 50% of the name fighters in the camp isn't far off) who may use at some point during the year or much of the time except before a known test day, few if any are on leading up to the fight. But it is still both a physical and mental issue in the sport, and for those who use, a pretty significant psychological aspect of their training and mentality."

50%? wow.......wonder what camp he is talking about?

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the guys that are "in the know" that i've asked over the years all say basically the same thing

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his point is that fans are living in a fantasy land if they think that sherk is the only one doing roids. and that their reaction to him wouldnt be so strong if they got their heads out of their asses

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@stingod, it's called irony.

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No. What he is saying is, some of the guys they are cheering for are doing the same things that they are booing Sherk for.

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He still thinks the UFC is the WWE....he's a mark.

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Meltzer is a top journalist and MMA is lucky to have him.

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I like Meltzer.

If we only knew what other shit besides Steroids Sherk was on, we shouldve booed louder? Like XYIENC XTREME JOINT ?~

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Honestly, right now I could give a flying fuck who is and is not doing it. Dont be delusional. The % of fighters that are doing something illegal is VERY high. At some point you have to ask yourself when is it cheating and when is it evening up the odds.


There are alot of guys that do this as their main source of income. When they see other fighters using performance enhancers and they know that could be the difference between them securing a spot in a major organization or being relagated to a B/C organization, getting payed 1/4 of what they would be getting in the bigger org, guess what, they're going to use something.

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I was kind of hoping it was something juicier, like maybe Sherk is injecting stem cells now to fool the tests or something.

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whoabro - the guys that are "in the know" that i've asked over the years all say basically the same thing


I asked a couple of pro fighters about this and they said the same thing as well. Kinda made me sick to think the sport I love watching is diseased with steroids. Same problem in baseball though....and what's funny is Jose Canseco came out before everyone talking about roid use in baseball, and no one believe him. And a few years later it all turned out to be true. Last night on ESPN one of the guys that had run tack and field (don't remember his name) on the US Olympic team, said he used steroids the whole time he was on the team, and passed every test. I'm so sick of steroids and cheaters in sports today. They are the same punks who have cheated their whole lives. How can you even begin to think you actually won, or deserved to win, when you had to fuck'n cheat to do it? is there no honesty in MMA? no pride in winning fairly? no morals? no ethics? I would rather mma sorted out this steroid bullshit before it got on public tv and all of the public thinks mma'ers are a bunch of roided out scientific experiments.

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bodybag76 - Honestly, right now I could give a flying fuck who is and is not doing it. Dont be delusional. The % of fighters that are doing something illegal is VERY high. At some point you have to ask yourself when is it cheating and when is it evening up the odds.

There are alot of guys that do this as their main source of income. When they see other fighters using performance enhancers and they know that could be the difference between them securing a spot in a major organization or being relagated to a B/C organization, getting payed 1/4 of what they would be getting in the bigger org, guess what, they're going to use something.


so it's ok for them to start juicing? even in the smaller orgs? get the fuck out of here. YOu do know steroids have life long effects on peoples health? It is bad for you. God, the people on this board, why do I even try.

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charliehustle - 
bodybag76 - Honestly, right now I could give a flying fuck who is and is not doing it. Dont be delusional. The % of fighters that are doing something illegal is VERY high. At some point you have to ask yourself when is it cheating and when is it evening up the odds.



There are alot of guys that do this as their main source of income. When they see other fighters using performance enhancers and they know that could be the difference between them securing a spot in a major organization or being relagated to a B/C organization, getting payed 1/4 of what they would be getting in the bigger org, guess what, they're going to use something.




so it's ok for them to start juicing? even in the smaller orgs? get the fuck out of here. YOu do know steroids have life long effects on peoples health? It is bad for you. God, the people on this board, why do I even try.

Why do you even try what, you idiot???! Look for someone else to argue with. Or better yet, someone who said that it IS alright to use, which is something that I did NOT say. I said that fighters ARE doing it! And there are ALOT of them. Read my post again. Fantasies aside, they're fucking using something. Pretty much all of them, including my favorite fighters and yours. And thanks alot for the little lecture on steroids being bad for you. Tell them, not me. Although I doubt that Fighter A will change what he does because a particular poster tells him to. Get real, man. It is what it is.

 

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THis is not any new news. See it all the time. Some of your favorite mma guys are roiding.

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lol that sill doesn't make it right...