How dare you judge Chael!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2ZrGMJXncM
Dana looks like shit
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Kick Boxe -Dana looks like shit
He needs more sleep, less drunken smart car nights.
Give me a break. Dana has dropped the hammer on fighters accused of doing any number of things without letting the facts come out.
We should give Chael a pass because Dana's a mark for him? LOL.
i hope lorenzo didnt approve this
Banned substances are banned but the assertion that he was told OUT OF COMPETITION was different than fight time/post fight is puzzling. Either someone is lying OR the commission isn't conducting things very transparently.
Chael is innocent. This is all BS from jealous haters.
Tiides -
LMAO! Voted up.
Dana and Lorenzo should be randomly tested...lulz will ensue!
Tiides -Little Miss, little miss, can't be wrong...
Tiides -If you want to call me liar, just go ahead now~
Bullshit how Dana says only five fighters have been on TRT.
Chael
Vitor
Hendo
Mir
Forrest
Bigfoot
Rampage
Marquardt
Rothwell
Duffee
wrong thread
ranier wolfcastle -Lol vuthese arent the roids youre looking for
There are only really two of our big stars that are dealing with the effects of TRT - Chael Sonnen and Vitor Belfort.
Am I wrong to interpret this as a dig at Hendo?
Bay Area - Bullshit how Dana says only five fighters have been on TRT.
Chael
Vitor
Hendo
Mir
Forrest
Bigfoot
Rampage
Marquardt
Rothwell
Duffee
Shane Roller, Dennis Hallman, Marunde (SF), Warren (Bellator), Kempf (Legacy),
But even though I agree with you BLAF tries to downplay TRT's use in MMA, and the UFC specifically, he's right about both being partly to blame. The NSAC hasn't really given fair consideration for those coming off TRT (Although this isn't the case with Vitor imo since Vitor was double the TRT limit and also had a hematocrit out of range), but it's not like Sonnen isn't also to blame.
Sonnen, despite the point he has, definitely knew he was taking a banned substance (especially since Siver was JUST fucking busted for human chorianic gonadotropin), and so it was his Godamn fucking choice to take a banned (but legal) PED. Just like TRT can be necessary to help you have normal physiological parameters, so can HCG and Anastrozole, but at the end of the day, whether they're enhancing you to normal levels or beyond, they're enhancing you and so if you want to use them for a legitimate reason you need a TUE to prove to the comission why you're taking it.
That's the entire fucking basis for a TUE (Therapeutic Use Exemption). So even though the NSAC has been kinda dickish about things since the TRT ban, this is more of the same shit from Sonnen. I mean hell, wasn't Kizer talking about taking him on as a TUE/TRT adviser at one point? The guy knows the system he's operating in, he's just never "open" about his meds until he's caught, or at least never to the comission.
Lurkdaddy316 - Banned substances are banned but the assertion that he was told OUT OF COMPETITION was different than fight time/post fight is puzzling. Either someone is lying OR the commission isn't conducting things very transparently.
I'll remind you that when Chael was first busted with a T:E of just under 20:
Chael insisted he had filed a TUE, and this was eventually shown to be BS.
Then Chael changed his story to, 'I told Kizer right before the fight I was on TRT -- I'd never hide anything,' but this was also refuted by Kizer and shown to be BS (DESPITE Chael making this claim repeatedly during his freakin' NSAC hearing, the balls on this guy lol)
Then Chael changed his story to, 'My manager spoke with Kizer about getting me a TUE for this fight, which was also described by Kizer as "ridiculous," and, "strange," since he had a one off conversation with Lindland some time ago, but not in relation to Sonnen, any other fighter or any fight in particular -- it was just a general convo about the TUE procedure lol
Sonnen had also told some reporters and news media initially that he had hypogonadism since he was young, and then changed this story to say he had been diagnosed mid 20s lol So ya, Great fighter and awesome promoter, and he finally seem to have a genuine excuse here, but I wouldn't trust his administrative compliance or word until we have definitive proof and a response from the AC
(who, admittedly, are also so Godamn inept they could easily be to blame lol)
...just an all around clusterfuck