Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-2A00:23C0:764A:A700:6D54:8EF3:61D2:981B-20180127013553/@comment-34081834-20180202224735

68.41.96.241 wrote:

108.63.11.114 wrote: Cool man, for me its simple.

Anyone of the greats could have been using realistically and not caught we are in agreement there. There are still ways to pass I am sure......

But I cannot speculate based on that personally, I am only willing to cheater-label fighters caught without cause/explanation and not who was proven to be negligent as that is VERY different in terms of morality and intent. I feel it is truly unjust to speculate otherwise, especially is the USADA era, I am more forgiving to specualtion pre-USADA.........

My point is Silva is not being thrown under any bus, he has been afforded the same opportunities to appeal as everyone else, he had nothing to show. Jones' tests didnt add up to cheating even to USADA.....that is what they ruled. In my past life, I spent a lot of time around some unsavory individuals, so I've always been interested in the drug culture. PEDs are a whole new world, but as far as testing works, it's very similar to people on probation and parole. They have this process because many banned substances react the same way with your body's chemistry as non banned supplements. One point that seems to be misunderstood is that you can't benefit from a single dose on fight night. PED users go through cycles of different drugs to get the maximum benefit out of training. I don't know how benzodiazapines like temazapam could benefit a fighter though. I've seen many people on xanax, which is very similar, get their asses beat after starting fights. It's like being drunk.

Yes, if you bring in the other world of narcotics there are drugs which can possibly help you on fight night but these types of drugs are more easily detectable and I am sure there are adverse affects which may affect your performance negatively as well, there is not a whole lot of data on these scenarios but most fighter would not want to be over sedated fight night. Yeah if I am on Xanax I can probably take a beating better but probably cannot react the same way either in a sport of milliseconds. I have been around guys on PED's some good friends so I have seen how they work. For the record never interested in trying them myself bt could have in more than one gymn.......

The steroids typically used for PED's are not one-night changers, else wise USADA woudnt bother to test you all through your camp and even when not fighting they would just test the hell out of you before and after fight. The "cycling" involves working your ass off while TRT is boosted then time it so you you level out before fight night but the whole reason the random call you in the middle of the night testing they do now is to prevent such cycling..........they are trying to catch you on the "high" before you level-out.......