My love for MMA is being really tested by Overeem, Sonnen, and the UFC.

Discussion in 'MMA Forum' started by horst, Dec 22, 2011.


  1. horst

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    Sonnen's comeback fight from a drug ban being in Texas so he doesn't need to pass stringent drug tests before the bout...

    Overeem being permitted to duck and dodge his way around a drug test for his first fight in the UFC when everyone knows what time of day it is with him...



    I really find myself losing interest in fights where it's pretty clear the organization is turning a blind eye to suspected juicing. Who really cares who wins when one guy is roided out his eyeballs?

    It'd be different if everyone could juice, but they can't/don't. It'd also be different if the UFC did everything they could to ensure people couldn't, at least that effort would mean something.


    But the current situation is ****, it's feeding the fans bull****. If this is a real sport which wants to be taken seriously, it has to clean up.
     
  2. HENDO

    HENDO Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Most of them dudes aren't real athletes. They need fake muscles to compete.
     
  3. Matty lll

    Matty lll Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Innocent until proving guilty. I'm a bit biased when it comes to Overeem because I like the guy so much but I really don't think he juices.
     
  4. achillesthegreat

    achillesthegreat FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE Full Member

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    The UFC will just say they are following the commissions lead. Ultimately the commissions who monitor boxing and MMA need to get things in order. Both are billion dollar industries and their fee should ensure that every fight follows strict regulations. Fighters playing the system has got ridiculous and the people in charge should be embarassed.
     
  5. Will Cooling

    Will Cooling Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I can understand why the UFC insists its the commission's job - drugs testing is expensive, sensitive and they're paying a small fortune to these commissions in terms of taxes. But the commissions are never going to get this under control or even as controlled as it is in sports like NFL or track. The only people who can do that is the UFC - commissioning an outside agency or beefing up Ratner's operation to do truly random testing. And no of this bull**** "report to a facility" but drugs testing appearing on fighters' door steps with a cup.
     
  6. Flash Jab

    Flash Jab Boxing Junkie banned

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    He passed the test, didn't he?
     
  7. Will Cooling

    Will Cooling Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Don't be a mark Flash Jab.

    He was asked to the taste within 48hours. He ended up taking it twenty-seven days later due to the specimen his personal doctor took twenty days after the initial request not being tested.

    Steroids can clear the system in a matter of days...indeed Overeem probably had enough time to take steroids and cycle off them before taking the test in the UK.

    There's a clear pattern of delay and the strong possibility of deliberate stalling. Now I cannot prove Overeem is on steroids. But the test does not prove that he isn't. In most sports just failing to complete the test promptly would be enough for a hefty ban - just remember the Rio Ferdinand example.

    This has been a farce from start to finish. Everyone knows that if he wasn't in the main event of what may be the biggest UFC pay per view of the year that he would have been pulled without a moment's hestitation.
     
  8. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    :lol: this is coming from a *******
     
  9. horst

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    Yawn. ****ing idiot.
     
  10. Flash Jab

    Flash Jab Boxing Junkie banned

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    I'm just not the cynical type and I don't really care when it comes to PEDs and athletes. He passed the test no matter how strange it seemed to be, thats good enough for me.
     
  11. horst

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    That's a strange p-o-v. So if a retired fighter comes out and admits he roided through his whole career, you would still pretend he didn't on the basis that he never officially failed a **** test?
     
  12. Will Cooling

    Will Cooling Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well then you're deliberately being a moron. Ignorance may be bliss but it still makes you ignorant.
     
  13. BobDigi5060

    BobDigi5060 East Side MMA Full Member

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    Overeem, Sonnen, and the commissions :deal

    Tell it to the commission

    Or better yet, get off you're seat and kick off these door to door OSDT yourself.

    And the end of the day, were powerless.. The UFC has a show to put on, so you're gonna have to accept what you cannot change.
     
  14. Matt Ldn

    Matt Ldn Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Can someone explain to me why steroids are illegal. I would love to see some absolutely roided up beasts battling, its the same in athletics why not see if with science we can get a man to run 100m in 5 seconds and swim faster than a shark?
     
  15. Will Cooling

    Will Cooling Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That doesn't even make sense.

    I can't command fighters drugs test.

    Nor can commissions unless its their signed to fight in their state.

    The only organisation that can is the UFC. They can make coopeating with the drugs testing regime part of every fighters contract. And they can enforce the suspensions.