Consensus on the UG ;o) is that Sylvia is looking a bit softer, while some say that he looks the same as always. At anyrate, for his last fight (ignoring the Arlovski one) when he weighed in against McGee he had to CUT to make 270lbs. Now he weighs in at 263 lbs.
Yeah, he did roids just for cosmetic reasons, right?
Now, I don't care all that much unless he is fighting someone not on roids (as that seems unfair), but the "cosmetic" bs should stop.
why would they gain fat? Why not just lose muscle? Eating too much?
He looks like hes been eating McDonalds all day for a month.
Sothy,
I am not clear on what you are trying to say here? What are you trying to say is the reason that he juiced? I can't tell if you are trying to insult him or defend him! :) lol
BZLJJ, Tim saying that he took steroids purely for cosmetic reasons is bullshit, and that's kinda what Sothy's getting at.
If he is off congratulations to him, it will pay off in the long run.
Floppy,
I don't understand how that can be bullshit if EVERYONE is claiming that he looks like crap now (off the juice)? Obviously he looked better when he was on the juice because there weren't 100 threads talking about how fat he looked back then! ;)
He took the roids to become a better athlete, anybody who says other wise is only fooling themself...
he got caught for winny.
i believe he was doing them for cosmetic reasons.
"He took the roids to become a better athlete"
I am sure that played a big part too, but...oh nevermind, this argument has been done 1000x before and is VERY old...
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"I don't understand how that can be bullshit if EVERYONE is claiming that he looks like crap now (off the juice)?"
Tim's lighter now that he's not juicing.
Actually, if you idiots would bother to read the MMAWEEKLY thread, it said that on Thursday night he weighed in at 273, 8 pounds over the limit.
He cut the rest since then, and weighed 263.5. I'm sure he's back up to 275 or so right now.
I couldn't care less if he has a gut or not...
"he got caught for winny.
i believe he was doing them for cosmetic reasons. " Are you suggesting that by loosing FAT he wouldn't have better gas?
Less "padding" thats for sure. He could submit Mir with all that loose stuff.
Mir prolly saw his physique and thought "you beauty".
"why would they gain fat? Why not just lose muscle? Eating too much? "
Not sure but think its the body trying to regulate the increase in testosterone, thus increaseing estrogen adding fat (man boobs sometimes)
The first time I saw Sylvia fight was against Cabbage. He didn't look any different than he does now IMO, and look how that fight turned out. I was about 10 rows up from the ramp, and I saw him coming down. Looked like he could barely put one foot in front of the other. He then proceeded to beat the hell out of Cabbage for the whole fight. Appearances are deceiving.
Yes, I am saying that he roided to be a better athlete (the cosmetic benefit was a bonus). Like I said, if his opponent is doing it, I don't care (if he isn't, then it is unfair).
He had trouble making weight for his last fight, but now he was able either with one cut of 10 lbs or without cutting. So he lost some weight after stopping it seems.
Didn't he test clean for the Ricco fight? If he were so concerned with his performance and not just how he looked, why would he be clean for what could be his only title shot, against (at the time) probably the #2 HW in the sport? Then he destroys Ricco and starts juicing to face Gan McGee?
I find his explanation pretty plausible. He was the champion; he would be on posters, making television appearances, etc. He had already destroyed the biggest threat in the UFC, so I can believe that he only used steroids to be more physically impressive.
mmafan4life,Are you AWARE of where he currently trains? ;) LOL!
Re-read TheAdonis. No post cycle therapy. Low/No androgens. High estrogen = lose muscle, add fat.
I second the opinion that usage was for "cosmetic" purposes only. He got caught with the cutting agent so he copped to it.