HexRei

I think that if you wreck your body cycling and then need to be prescribed TRT as a result, that IS abuse.

And furthermore what reason does any given fighter have to not find a dirty doc and get a scrip for it? Because of the way test thresholds are limited, few fighters are naturally likely to be anywhere near the apex of the defined testable limits, so it can only help them even if they are careful to stay within those thresholds. Basically TRT doesn't let them be normal young men in terms of testosterone, it lets them get as jacked as the uppermost natural threshold of humanity.

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I completely agree. But Vitor is 35, you reach your peak testosterone level at 27 and you start declining around 32. As an offender earlier in his career, im sure his levels have been low for a while now and even lower from aging.

If vitor was 25-32 years old id be on your side of them fence - but the fact is he is old. If vitor ever pops over the ratio or postive for a PED, i will be very dismayed.

As far as dirty doc's go.. Yeh there is no doubt in my mind they exist but - as far as i know - it's not only a prescription fighters need. They also have to be approved by the athletic commissions which for all i know could just be "here's the prescription" but i am hoping it is a little more strict and requires a doctor with some creditably.

And like I was saying, i wouldn't be surprised if the average ratio for fighters in the UFC was around 3, especially for the exceptional athletes and even more so for people like jon jones, silva, gsp, ect. that are premier athletes. So even if you are talking about a guy that is on it having some huge advantage of those who aren't, it probably is not so unless the fighter is abusing it during their off time and going over the 6:1 ratio. To me, it makes sense that the fighters on it would be at the very least be careful enough to stay around 4-5 in case of a random test and them popping anything over a 6. Therefore i think it is safe to say that for those that do not abuse it, are not nearly having such an advantage as it is made out to be.


I do believe there are fighters that abuse it, for sure. But if it is legal, then it is legal, and fighters should not be judged because they are allowed to do something that will boost their performance and until they do violate the rules. They shouldn't be treated indifferently from any other fighter.

To me it's like jones's knee kick, it might be "cheap" or "unfair" but he is allowed to do it and shouldn't be called a cheater because of it.

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Just look at Vitor, scrawny, withering with old age, it's no wonder he's juicing. This shit's a joke, I want to see the likes of Nate Diaz all pumped up on testosterone through training camp.

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I disagree, your not supposed to do it only if you start sucking or you have no chin anymore ala liddell, wandy etc. I for one want to see Dan Henderson continue to compete for as long as he can and if TRT makes that possible then so be it. Also If I kid can't get a spot in the UFC anymore it's because the UFC has been adding too many stupid weight classes filling up all the spots and former bellator fighters are getting sued instead of getting to fight in the UFC. Also i'm sure if you can't beat a veteran just because he is extending his career then you shouldn't be in the UFC/ a top fighter for that excuse.

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Well I guess UFC and Vitor will commission dodge Vegas for the rest of his career seeing as he won't get a TUE there.


Also this sport has become an utter joke with this TRT bullshit and at this point every fighter should hook up with Herrera and Conte and just be super mutant fighting championships.

If people are going to cheat in broad daylight then **** it. Might as well re-level the playing field.

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This.

It isn't as simple as they have the same level of testosterone so it is fair. They have years of experience and training over the younger guys. Fresher more athletic and quicker recovering bodies are the advantages of youth and experience and knowledge are the advantages of being older. This alters that in a completely unfair way and for the most part is being exploited by people who spent their youth abusing steroids to gain similarly unfair advantages over their competitors.

MMATycoon

That would be awesome. He'd have to move up to middle weight though :P

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jeez when did fighting become a sissy moral convention, I swear everything to do with MMA and boxing is watered down to I don't like this guy because he offends me or he took something I don't like, MMA is becoming an anagram for TMZ

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if TRT becomes more common place fighters will last into their late 40s regularly.

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IMO that's like making molestation and murder legal so you don't have to read about them in the papers everyday.

How about actually enforcing the laws instead, like with randomized testing?

Nah never mind, the solution is just to make all crimes legal, zero crime paradise!