i think his back was injured but whatever, look at how devastating he was in the Brock fight. then he gets caught juicing and banned ..... comes back and looks a different much weaker person against Cigano drugs made that monster a monster, just as with Overeem
nice one! didn't know he got caught for mainlining. Was banging people out for fun before JDS! he took that fight at short notice as well
that'll be juicing im pretty disillusioned by the sport now. full of cheating ****s. if everyone cheated, then fair enough, even ball game. but not all do. if overeem had got away with it he'd have come in hulked up against a champion i strongly believe is clean and legit. what sort of bull**** is that its the sort of **** pacquiaos got away with his whole career. and numerous other ****s who dont give a **** about playing fair palhares. one of my current favourite fighters. if he looks weak and **** like he did vs belcher, his sick excuse flies out the window, its down to him not being on roids either legalise them or do something like whats in ajax' thread. cause there are a few fighters who still believe in playing fair, but theyre at a massive disadvantage, **** that
And Carwin clean for away with it. I don't know why 'fans' think 265lb muscle bound dudes are just natural. You've got to be rock thick to believe that.
Carwin never got caught juicing, did he? JDS just had the style to make him look bad. Overeem, on the other hand, got popped. . . Pretty much takes away what he's done in the UFC thus far.
He was implicated with considerable evidence by a Federal Investigation into some drug ring. For whatever reason no conviction was ever made and the story was just brushed under the carpet.
Just found this: Meltzer said fighters believe that many of the top competitors in the sport are using some of sort of performance enhancing drug. My feeling from talking with someone who directly distributed is that the people who say everyone or 90% of the top fighters are on them are people covering up for their own insecurities and justifying usage. That said, the percentage is significant. Dennis Hallman was on Inside MMA (video - 38:00 mark) a few weeks ago and said it was no less than 50 percent. When going through fighters at one prominent gym from someone who knew, person by person, we did end up right at 50 percent and again, some who did and didn't from that list would surprise you. Meltzer thinks anyone who says steroids or PED's make little difference is being foolish. But the point is, steroids do change the game (one fighter who is very sophisticated on use noted to me about certain opponents that he's trained with both on and off and he mentioned one guy as almost a world beater on when he trained with him and he was `nothing' off, and talked about being genuinely scared of another fighter-keep in mind this was in a non-drug tested environment--who was a very dangerous and actually legendary striker at any weight and had in a very short period of time had suddenly packed on 20 extra pounds of muscle and completely changed his body. We're never going to get resolution on the Carwin story. He'll come back, address it quickly and the story will get buried just like it has with James Toney, who is fighting on the card this weekend. Toney tested positive after his win over John Ruiz back in 2005 and served a 90-day suspension. Most MMA fans have no idea of Toney's history with PED's. Hopefully down the road, more comprehensive testing for steroids and HGH (that means everyone on the card) will be put in place and the worries, about who's on and who's not, will be alleviated. It's certainly made a difference in baseball. The 50 home run, 145 RBI seasons have been replaced by very 70's-like 32 HR, 110 RBI seasons. It must be the improvement in pitching, right? Baseball finally instituted real testing and up next is a reliable test for HGH. MMA and boxing need to follow suit. Meltzer is one of the best sources in the business. Carwin was on gear. REAL TALK.
Shane was ripped at 285 lbs? Jesus christ that is ****ing huge for 6 foot 2. Meltzer's been the pro wrestling industry for a LONG time so he must know his **** about PEDs.
I think the subsequent posts here have hit on what i was getting at Beoche , i knew Carwin was involved in a very sophisticated HGH supply ring , but obviously he's never been caught (using) , and well lets face it HGH is used by most athletes who claim there clean , but the level of PED's (according to sources) nowadays is becoming increasingly worrying
Carwin is the sort of depth the division needs. Either a solid test or a title challenger himself if he continues to evolve. Officially he has lost to 2 champs so no shame.
