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MMA |OT2| - Thread of Athletes, Fighters, Personalities, and Sports Entertainment

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TheNatural

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Heel said:
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Actually I had to edit you putting PST twice in your own splits. Eliminating West coast bias one bro at a time.
 
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parrotbeak

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Maklershed said:
That's one of my most anticipated match ups of the next few months. :/

Also for those in the know, I want
UrPrincessA and BuniBuni
as my waifus
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Will google at home. I think I know what you're talking about. That info you gave last weekend in nerd chat was mostly disgusting but maybe I was on at a bad time.
 
dream

dream

Member
Very nice win, my good friend. I particularly enjoyed it because I like the Bulls and I've been screaming about how CJ Watson should start over Rose for the past 2 years and I feel validated.
 
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TheKaeptain

Banned
Looks like Diaz is scarred of his opponent that he got paired with in his up and coming BJJ match. Cesar Gracie is bitching about it twitter.


WHY YOU SCARED HOM...


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Oh yeah. I understand.
 
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Heel

Member
Cesar is just joking. You'd have to know who Renato Laranja is. That said, Nick is still going to take his ass whippin'. It's whatever.
 
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yacobod

Banned
dream said:
Very nice win, my good friend. I particularly enjoyed it because I like the Bulls and I've been screaming about how CJ Watson should start over Rose for the past 2 years and I feel validated.
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i'm almost as excited as frank getting his braces removed.
 
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Heel

Member
Overeem breaks silence, confident he will fight JDS

The controversial top heavyweight contender, Alistair Overeem has broken his silence. Speaking with Spike TV’s ‘MMA Uncensored Live,’ The Reem refused to speak directly on the topic of his recent positive testing for elevated levels of testosterone, yet was very adamant that he will in fact compete and defeat current heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos on May 26.

“I am bigger, I am stronger, I am better in the stand-up and I’m better on the ground. So for me, I don’t think about what he is going to do to me. I think about what I am going to do to him and I am only thinking about what I am going to do to him. I am going to be ready wherever the fight takes me. I do prefer to strike, I do prefer a knockout over a submission win but I’m going to be ready for anything.”

Confidence in his abilities may be an understatement, as the K-1 Grand Prix winner continued to boast on his plans for the UFC 146 featured fight in question.

“You know I’m strong, I’m fast, I feel good. I’m going to get this guy, I’m going to beat him. Nothing scares me about Junior dos Santos. Everything he’s doing, I’ve seen it before. I’m not worried about it, I’ve experienced it all. There’s no fear, there’s only two things – trained and untrained and when I step into the octagon on May 26 I’m going to be trained. “
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polyh3dron

Banned
Fuck yes, all aboard the testosterone-elevated, horse meat-fueled Übereem warwagon! I'm riding this shit til the wheels fall off, who the fuck is with me?
 
DKehoe

DKehoe

Member
If the athletic commission does somehow lisence Overeem then the UFC may not have any option but to go ahead with the fight. The contract is probably already signed so even if they don't want to they might have to give him the shot.
 
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Fersis

It is illegal to Tag Fish in Tag Fishing Sanctuaries by law 38.36 of the GAF Wildlife Act
Oh wait so he now talks about being 'stronger' than JDS? SMH
The nerves on this guy. >8(

Cigano by KO Round 1
 
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yacobod

Banned
Kevin Iole said:
UFC president Dana White's stance on the use of performance enhancing drugs by the fighters who work for him can be summarized in two simple sentences:
• If you think there is a lot of PED abuse in the UFC, you'd be stunned by how much there is in the NFL and Major League Baseball.
• UFC fighters are regulated by the government, so they're monitored more carefully than other athletes.
The second point is laughably off the mark and is simply a means to redirect scrutiny away from the UFC's lack of a comprehensive drug testing policy.
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Silva, 29, will be fighting for the first time since Jan. 1, 2011, when he battered Brandon Vera in a stunningly one-sided bout at UFC 125.Not long after that bout, Silva failed a post-fight urinalysis. It turns out the sample he provided "was not consistent with human urine."
Silva later admitted buying urine online as a means of masking steroid usage, which he said he did because he had an injured back.
There have been very few fighters I know of who have been caught using steroids who haven't attributed it to an injury. Rather than admitting that they were taking steroids to gain a competitive advantage – to get bigger, faster and stronger, as well as because they think so many of their peers are doing so – they turn it into a sob story. Their families, they inevitably say, rely on the money they earn, and given their injuries, the steroids were a necessity in order to keep putting food on the table.
I don't doubt for a second that Silva was injured and was in great pain. But should he be allowed to cheat and to gain an advantage that would make him even more lethal than he would be normally, just because he has financial difficulties? I think not.
The appalling part of this is not that Silva is coming back. He served the time that the Nevada commission gave him for his penalty and he deserves to be able to make a living in his chosen profession.
What is galling, though, is that he comes back with no restrictions and right into a main event. Who knows if he was telling the truth that his steroid usage was simply due to an injury? They all say that.
Since White and UFC chairman Lorenzo Fertitta have so far declined to come up with a comprehensive drug testing policy that includes random, unannounced tests – as NFL and MLB players are subject to as part of their collective bargaining agreements – at least they should create a policy covering those who have already been caught.
If you fail a PED test at any point in your career, you should automatically be subject to random, unannounced testing for the privilege of remaining a UFC fighter.
The UFC should require PED abusers to agree to three random tests a year, plus tests within a week of signing a contract for a fight, one midway through camp and another post-fight.
Even with such thorough testing, though, some fighters will beat it. Still, such a plan will greatly reduce the incidence of PED use and make the sport safer for those who choose to compete while clean.
The policy should also include clear terms for future failed tests. Another positive test should mean a two-year ban from the UFC. One after that should result in a permanent ban.
Silva is a perfect example of a guy who got off easy. Yes, he paid a heavy fine and, yes, he was suspended for a year. That's a stiff penalty. But when you rob a bank, you go to jail.
It's ludicrous, though, to allow fighters who have abused PEDs to come back as if nothing occurred. Using steroids or other performance enhancing drugs is a significant violation and should be treated accordingly.
The UFC's handling of Silva is galling and shows it still doesn't get the scope or the seriousness of the problem.
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i'm surprised Zuffa puppet Iole took Uncle Dana to the woodshed like that. Link to the full article here.
 
GungHo

GungHo

Single-handedly caused Exxon-Mobil to sue FOX, start World War 3
Not sure I agree with scarlet letter "PED"-ing people for the entirety of their careers. I can see terms of probation, fines, and restrictions, but it's not like they're sex offenders.
 
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Host Samurai

Member
Fuck yeah. Im so happy this fight is most likely to happen. War Overeem. I am calling it too a win via submission.

I am also dropping 2 bills on Suga next week. There is good money to be made and Evans is always a solid bet and the odds are very stacked against him. I never thought I would say this but WAR SUGA. BTW I expect Hendo to show up post fight to ruin somebodys special night.
 
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TheNatural

My Member!
yacobod said:
i'm surprised Zuffa puppet Iole took Uncle Dana to the woodshed like that. Link to the full article here.
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None of that is ever going to happen, Dana doesn't want more guys to test positive, he wants less to.

Honestly, I can't blame him. People say either drop the tests altogether (which won't happen because UFC doesn't control them) or make them more strict, but I say just keep them where they are. It at least filters out the idiots who can't pass a simple test with plenty of slack in them. And if you get popped randomly, that's on you. It should make fighters more paranoid when they show up for the first presser for their fight and have to worry about a random test, it keeps them honest.

At the very least the same fight tests keep guys somewhat honest the night OF the fight, so you know they're not hopped up on juice ready to knock someones head in. Even if they already got the benefits of pushing themselves via juice in training, at least keep them honest on fight night that they're not going nuts because of juice. Basically what Braun got off for is using a short term synthetic testosterone supplement he was randomly tested for on the first day of the playoff he no doubt decided to use to give him that boost game day.
 
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polyh3dron

Banned
GungHo said:
Not sure I agree with scarlet letter "PED"-ing people for the entirety of their careers. I can see terms of probation, fines, and restrictions, but it's not like they're sex offenders.
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Agreed. For every guy they catch there are 4 more fighters that don't get caught.
 
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yacobod

Banned
so to sum up MMA-GAF's prevailing attitude on PEDs in the "sport" is they're okay with drug testing as long as their favorite fighter isn't caught using?
 
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TheNatural

My Member!
yacobod said:
so to sum up MMA-GAF's prevailing attitude on PEDs in the "sport" is they're okay with drug testing as long as their favorite fighter isn't caught using?
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Maybe. I don't care who gets caught, my opinion on getting caught is the same as speeding. If you get caught, it's usually your own stupid fault. It's no comprehensive test, but at least it's something, and something to keep the dirty ones a little paranoid about what they do and what could happen to them if they fuck up.
 
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Jaladinozozo

Banned
What if Fedor juiced? What kind of MMA world would be living in right now if Fedor was on the sweet stuff his entire career and was crushing cans even harder?
 
GungHo

GungHo

Single-handedly caused Exxon-Mobil to sue FOX, start World War 3
yacobod said:
so to sum up MMA-GAF's prevailing attitude on PEDs in the "sport" is they're okay with drug testing as long as their favorite fighter isn't caught using?
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More along the lines that there are worse offenses in the world. Like being a Diaz brother.
 
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Heel

Member
DKehoe said:
If the athletic commission does somehow lisence Overeem then the UFC may not have any option but to go ahead with the fight. The contract is probably already signed so even if they don't want to they might have to give him the shot.
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I really don't think the UFC is of the mindstate that they "might have to" give Reem a title shot. If Reem gets licensed they'll hop and skip all the way to the bank together hand in hand.
 
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