There needs to be harsher penalties for cheaters. The problem is the UFC doesn't care enough. Silva was even allowed to fight when they knew he failed his drug test.
The problem is the UFC doesn't care enough. Silva was even allowed to fight when they knew he failed his drug test.
The problem isn't that the UFC doesn't care - it's a business and exists to make money. The problem, at least as I see it, is that the people that watch want every fight to be better than the last. They want fighters to be bigger, faster, stronger, tougher, etc. by at least a little bit every time. You see the same thing at the pro level of any sport. People want exciting games played by superstars with abilities that are beyond normal. Nobody wants to pay to see a friendly, slow paced, low scoring competition regardless of the sport. Like anything else, they don't care about what it takes to get there, and deep down most know that it can't be done naturally. They don't care - as long at it remains a secret.
I think that's what bothers me about any steroid related witch hunts. The public basically demands that pro athletes take them (by way of voting with dollars/tickets), then demonizes the athlete when it comes to light that they are.
Not all of them take performance enhancing drugs. Some fighters are sober ex-addicts that stay away from drugs altogether.not sure if serious, greater penalties if found out do you mean? they *all* cheat. You cant be at the top of the game and not be on anything when the rest are
He blamed a $200,000 (pounds 126,000) fine for testing positive for marijuana after a 2000 fight against Andrew Golota in Detroit on the fact that he was tested before having a chance to get the ‘whizzer’ from a member of his team, whom he claims typically carried the device from fight to fight.
Not sure why they even bother with Urine tests.
Mike Tyson admitted to using the whizzinator to fight drugged.
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Football players have been busted with them....why should any other sport be different?