"The inevitable return of the great white dope" - what I can say about sport in UFC
now, paraphrasing the line from the Bloodhound Gang's song. I believe, the toughening in dope tests makes the start to destroy the current fighting system, which had been formed by fighters, who overcame their natural weight during fighting period.
Nowadays, there are many examples of strong cutting weight, what gives the opportunity to fight with strong advantages. And it's not the result of diet only. This is dope. We meet this in every sport, but in MMA it started to become norm in the minds of fighters, moreover, it's norm towards themselves: fighters say that they are clean, when they are not too shy to blame others in dope. For example, Chris Weidman blames Vitor Belfort, desecrates him, miscalls him horse, but we have a question: why are Chris Weidman and others became susceptible to injuries? Look at the divisions, especially at the Middleweights. There are natural Light Heavyweights, and in order to make weight at the LHW division, they should cut the weight, on the average about 15 lbs (about 7 kgs). It's not less. If fighter cut weight from about 220 lbs (about 100 kgs) to 185 lbs, he should feel rather sick without dope, especially he should lose his power (as we can see Daniel Cormier cutting to the LHWs). The other example is Hector Lombard...I am amazed what he finds to cut to be in the Welterweight division? And it happens at the 37 age...
Furthermore, dope makes fighters stronger at the short-term period, organisms suffer from dopes. It looks like scenario, you know: fighters get success with dope, but consequences from dope make them unhealthy and they become vulnerable to injuries. Do you remember the previous Alistair Overeem and his propensity to injuries? And who is The Reem without dope now? And are we sure that Alistair performs without any dope now? I don't exclude that this Jon Jones's story with cocaine is the result of hiding something more "useful" dope to be stronger...As a Jon's partner, Alistair can get this...
Also I disappoint in UFC policy: UFC knows the results of doping tests before starting event, but in order to make money they don't reject the bout. I don't know how you feel, but I feel deceived. I like fights, I wait for fights, but I'd like to watch honest fights, I'd like to watch sport with natural abilities without dope. I don't think that it's hard to organize, when fighters take part in events 3-4 times a year. But what can we expect from our champions? We expect 1 fight per year (at best 2) from them and injuries, injuries, injuries...
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