In a way, it seems like he probably should be. He missed his original random pre-fight test against Lesnar, and was only granted a conditional license to fight.
Part of those conditions were to test clean in two future random tests. Of course, he failed his first random test, so you would think that would void his conditional license and make the Lesnar fight a NC.
But the NSAC only has a very limited set of conditions in which they can turn a result into a NC and it didn't foresee these circumstances so the win stands. They also can't do it ex post facto, or Barnett's win over Randy would be a NC too.
Overeem never had TRT, he only claimed his doctor prescribed him an anti-inflammatory drug containing testosterone. And yeah, I have a problem with that if you're going to fight someone.
It's a spray that you use under your tongue. I don't think MMA testing would catch it though since it's suppose to be similar to HGH and they don't test for that in MMA.
Well the obvious advantage is if the other fighters aren't taking it then it takes longer for them to heal which means they will get less training in. The more you train theoretically the better you get. The healthier you are the more you can train. So you are getting more training in then you would if you weren't on the banned substance.
I obviously meant if they make it legal for everyone what advantage would a fighter have since it doesn't make you stronger. And no I am not saying they should make all steroids legal
I'm a licensed fighter, and I had a tumor that had to be removed and it threw all my hormone levels off, and I had to take TRT for about 6mos. Luckily my levels returned back to a level that was normal. Since I still had the script, I kept using TRT. I found that it greatly enhanced my recovery levels after a hard workout, and helped me feel ready for my next workout sooner! I applied for a therapeutic exemption for TRT and got it!
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