To rehab his injury. I've always said these guys get hurt so much they should be able to rehab with help as long as the time between fights is enough to rid their body of anything performance enhancing.
Been a monster Mirko fan ever since the spacesuits, I love how he admitted it and owned it.
http://www.mmafighting.com/2015/11/12/9725262/desperate-mirko-cro-cop-admits-to-using-growth-hormone-for-shoulder 
CroCop is a great veteran in this sport, but he "owned it" after he got caught. Not that admirable. 
ieswideopen - CroCop is a great veteran in this sport, but he "owned it" after he got caught. Not that admirable.This somewhat. It definitely is an excuse as most fighters do in this case. However at least he's not blaming it on a nutritionist or a teammate
Most fighters just say " I no know nothing, the doctor, my nutritionist, my sidepiece's cousin's sister gave me something to help with indigestion"...
Good for Mirko for just being straight up.
90% of pros use banned stuff at some point. Sometimes to enhance performance, sometimes for recovery from injury.
"Good for Mirko for just being straight up. "
He said he was retiring due to injury, and then when they announced his suspension for a violation, he said he was using HGH and thought it was lame of them to announce it even though he was retired.
orcus - "Good for Mirko for just being straight up. "
He said he was retiring due to injury, and then when they announced his suspension for a violation, he said he was using HGH and thought it was lame of them to announce it even though he was retired.
One thing that was odd about his statement (that was obviously translated so something could be lost in translation) is that he said if he could just have 2-3 weeks to rehab and rest he'd be OK. Seems like resting/rehabbing the injury and retiring have the same end result for the UFC - fight is off - but he'd rather walk away from the money and retire outright vs. rehabbing it.
ieswideopen - CroCop is a great veteran in this sport, but he "owned it" after he got caught. Not that admirable.He didn't own shit. He's been using his whole career, fuck the injury story.
Hey he could've blamed it on Viagra.
Who gives a shit. Cro Cop fan forever.
Mark Hunts Pet Monkey - Who gives a shit. Cro Cop fan forever..
Mark Hunts Pet Monkey - Who gives a shit. Cro Cop fan forever.
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Mark Hunts Pet Monkey - Who gives a shit. Cro Cop fan forever.This
MMA 'sportsfans' are the biggest fkign dorks alive LOL
Does he still get fined if he is "retired?"
Isn't growth hormone not very useful for performance?
Is he going to injure someone else with HGH? or heal his injuries. Big difference.
JoeDingo - Is he going to injure someone else with HGH? or heal his injuries. Big difference.
I agree with this. But then again, EVERYONE is injured. Shit I train daily just cuz i love it and I still feel beat up all the time. I cant imagine the mindstate of a pro athlete, where your body is your career, and your health is CONSTANTLY in jeopardy.
Still is disappointing..it just is...
the mass he was putting on the last few years (which didn't seem to be helping) triggered me to think something was up...
is it a fact that he is/was injured? or did he just made it up as an excuse to use HGH?
why do you have a fight scheduled if you are injured?
Dom Hemingway - To rehab his injury. I've always said these guys get hurt so much they should be able to rehab with help as long as the time between fights is enough to rid their body of anything performance enhancing.The fact that you think there's a time frame that steroids or growth leaves your body and doesn't provide an advantage come fight time made me laugh, and shows you have no idea how it all works. Its not a stimulant or short term boost, if you take roids or growth for a couple weeks and make great strength gains as everyone does and then stop that strength doesn't just disappear, and if you stay consistent the gains never go away. You can take steroids for a couple weeks and completely change your physique, make insane gains, And then through proper diet and routines keep those gains. It doesn't just go away
Been a monster Mirko fan ever since the spacesuits, I love how he admitted it and owned it.
http://www.mmafighting.com/2015/11/12/9725262/desperate-mirko-cro-cop-admits-to-using-growth-hormone-for-shoulder
Ps I'm a huge huge crocop fan, I'm not hating on him.
I would like to wager that he's been juiced to the fucking gills since all the way back when he use to fight on Roid Island (pride).