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Glad to hear this. Johnny Benjamin is a dipshit. Unfortunately not too many speak the same medical language as he does so it isn't obvious.
I agree. Man is a numbskull with a PhD. Anyone who has been through any sort of college can tell you some real pieces of work end up with degrees some how. 
Can someone please link the article. It goes right to an ad for the ug app. 
He has some valid points sometimes but, most of the times I think he just says things to be controversial. He continually slates the UFC. He seems a bit of a fame whore IMO
Cantona99 - He has some valid points sometimes but, most of the times I think he just says things to be controversial. He continually slates the UFC. He seems a bit of a fame whore IMOThis. He is Segal with MD at the end of his name, always trying to claim the spotlight after others have done the hard work.
At least that's the way he comes off to me.
Dr. Johnny "Chael" Benjamin.
It's nearly the same thing...
As a ringside doc, myself, who has worked hundreds of fights, I will have to agree with Dr. Kelly. It is somewhat stupid to criticize the actions of another professional not knowing all the facts nor the exact situation in which decisions were being made. My experience with the UFC has been that their medical decisions are bordering on being overly cautious, as they are so high profile.
The medical oversight in the UFC is top notch, in my opinion. And the guys working shows in New Jersey are some of the most experienced in the business.
This was honestly one of my favorite UG Blog reads ever. I read every single bit, and thats rare coming from you guys. Now make one similar to this but about Lloyd Irvin and i'll love you even more.
"Dr. Benjamin is an immensely useful resource for the MMA community, but he too regularly is at the center of controversy, holding positions that are hard to defend."
Immensely useful? Can't we agree that he isn't all that useful at all?
The guy is a total knob. Always has been, always will be.
It's clear the guy just wants attention .
I also liked his declaration that T:E ratios above 2:1 were impossible without exogenous testosterone. And that the aim of TRT was to get a 1:1 T:E ratio. Good times.
Lanway - As a ringside doc, myself, who has worked hundreds of fights, I will have to agree with Dr. Kelly. It is somewhat stupid to criticize the actions of another professional not knowing all the facts nor the exact situation in which decisions were being made. My experience with the UFC has been that their medical decisions are bordering on being overly cautious, as they are so high profile.I am a ringside physician also, and agree with this statement. Like most physicians that are clearly trying to establish a media presence, Dr. Benjamin seems to have a hard time remaining professional and not commenting on issues not in his area of practice during his efforts to draw attention to himself. Criticizing a physicians actions based on assumptions he made by what he saw on television was inappropriate
The medical oversight in the UFC is top notch, in my opinion. And the guys working shows in New Jersey are some of the most experienced in the business.
"Dr. Benjamin is an immensely useful resource for the MMA community, but he too regularly is at the center of controversy, holding positions that are hard to defend."
The UG blog is being too kind imo. And, I'm probably one of the most tolerant people around here.
I'm pretty sure he said Kevin Ware would be fine in 3 months like his injury was no big deal right after it happened too, lol.
"How many people who never wrecked their bodies with past steroid use, naturally need TRT at 33? Less than one or two percent," he wrote of Mir. However, setting aside the growing evidence of a tie between head trauma and low testosterone levels, given that far less than 1% of the 15,000 registered fighters in the sport have received a TUE (the number is close to .1%) the remarks by a respected MD seem ill-thought through and unfair, even recklessThis is really sloppy reasoning. There's a direct correlation to low testosterone from previous steroid use - it's not some hypothesis with flimsy evidence. It's also inaccurate to use all registered fighters as the comparison when the vast majority don't fight for a living at the highest level of the sport and don't have the pressure to succeed (or the money/access to friendly doctors to prescribe TRT). In the UFC fighter population, TRT exemptions are much higher than .1 or .2%.
Edited to add: Johnny Benjamin is no doubt a tool, but even a stopped clock is right occasionally.
What outs him as a crap Dr. Is that he gives medical opinions on people has never personally assessed or given a chart review. He appears to put his own desire for notoriety above his professionalism. In short, his opinion is worthless.
Fly Rodder -"How many people who never wrecked their bodies with past steroid use, naturally need TRT at 33? Less than one or two percent," he wrote of Mir. However, setting aside the growing evidence of a tie between head trauma and low testosterone levels, given that far less than 1% of the 15,000 registered fighters in the sport have received a TUE (the number is close to .1%) the remarks by a respected MD seem ill-thought through and unfair, even recklessThis is really sloppy reasoning. There's a direct correlation to low testosterone from previous steroid use - it's not some hypothesis with flimsy evidence. It's also inaccurate to use all registered fighters as the comparison when the vast majority don't fight for a living at the highest level of the sport and don't have the pressure to succeed (or the money/access to friendly doctors to prescribe TRT). In the UFC fighter population, TRT exemptions are much higher than .1 or .2%.
Edited to add: Johnny Benjamin is no doubt a tool, but even a stopped clock is right occasionally.
If there are 350 fighters under contract with the UFC, 2% would be 7 fighters. Are there more than 7 fighters in the UFC receiving a TUE?
In the last few years there have probbaly been 1,000 fighters in the UFC.
For guys who used TRT at some point for the last few years I can think of Vitor Belfort, Todd Duffee, Forrest Griffin, Dennis Hallman, Dan Henderson, Rampage Jackson, Nate Marquardt, Frank Mir, Shane Roller, and Chael Sonnen. There have got to be more, so add below, please.
Still, the issue is addressed as if it is an epidemic, but I don't see it.
For Michael Bisping, it is definitely an epidemic. "At some point, as you start getting older, your balls don't work as well and you don't make as much testosterone," said Bisping who fought three of the people on the list, adding "but, that's life and you deal with it."
I do feel bad for Bisping, but don't think the number breaks the less than 1-2% that Dr. Benjamin referenced above.
Dr Kelly is brilliant. He's my primary physician a long with the resident go to in NJ for medical information in the fight world. This Dr. Benjamin seems to be not much more than a Troll with a PhD.
Kirik, can you at least get rid of the "immensely useful resource" remark with respect to Benjamin, it takes away all of the author's credibility.