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	<title>Comments on: Alistair Overeem, Brian Cushing, steroids in the NFL &amp; MMA, and the way the media covers these subjects</title>
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		<title>By: fizzy whig</title>
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		<dc:creator>fizzy whig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>STEROIDS-BOYCOTT-STEROIDS-BOYCOTT-STEROIDS-BOYCOTT

Done with MMA, Football, Baseball, Hockey, Basketball, Underwater Basket weaving, ha,ha,ha etc.

I am tired of all the cheaters and steroids. If a sport cannot do olympic style blood and urine testing for hgh, steroids, etc, then they are not going to get my money. Look at baseball. Even though the sport is boring and has many problems, steroids killed baseball&#039;s revenue. I see the empty stands and see how cameras try to manipulate seating shots to make it appear there is a full stadium. A real man stands on his own two feet for what he is and struggles to change his weaknesses into strengths, not cheat with steroids. All those mma cheaters are just a bunch of losers, and regardless of the media hype or money thrown they will always look like that in everyone&#039;s eyes, period. Why don&#039;t I give everyone a bat who didn&#039;t take steroids to even the playing field. Americans know their &quot;pro&quot; sports are tainted, and we don&#039;t need to wait for congress to fix you. Everyone speaks of mma like it is a circus rather than a sport because of all the controversy. You are going the same route as fake wrestling or strongman competitions that make no money because of steroid losers. It is cause and effect. Less fans, less attendance at other venues like bars, means less money for all businesses around. Regulate steroids before it destroys your source of income. I know I am not going to any events until you fix this crap.

List of Steroid Cheaters, some are still with their organizations after a slap on the wrist.ex Chris Leben

JOSH BARNETT (now with strikeforce), TIM SYLVIA, KIMO LEOPOLDO, NATE MARQUARDT, VITOR BELFORT, STEPHAN BONNAR, PAWEL NASTULA, KIT COPE, JOHNNIE MORTON, ROYCE GRACIE, JORGE ORTIZ, PHIL BARONI, SEAN SHERK (still with UFC), HERMES FRANCA, ANTHONY TORRES, BILL MAHOOD, ADAM SMITH, JASON WINTHERS, RUBEN VILLAREAL, DENNIS HALLMAN, ALEXANDER CRISPIM, CARINA DAMM, ALEXANDRE NOGUEIRA, ANTONIO SILVA, EDWIN DEWEES, CHRIS LEBEN (still with UFC), KIRILL SIDELNIKOV, KEN SHAMROCK, JOSH BARNETT, COLE PROVINCE, CHAEL SONNEN (still with UFC), SHANE CARWIN (not caught but federal link to purchase of steroids).

Really, you cheat you get another chance, bullshit!!!

For everyone who supports steroid use, I don&#039;t know what to say. You are either born a man or not, and compensating by drugs pretty much answers those questions. Everyone can see when most anyone really abuses steroids, and notes records broken, and people dying of cancer early. I hope those that support it take it and die from the stuff so the rest of us can enjoy this rock with a few less losers on it.

Piss tests are not good enough because any cheater can use a catheter and fill his bladder with whatever at any time.  The testing is also not that costly, for blood and urine, so that argument don&#039;t fly with me either. Also sports need to publicly state who was on what whenever they fail a test. Football and baseball keep their information private other than announcing a failed PED. I hear about a steroid user and I boycott and bad mouth.

Dana White you are a DOUCHE
Army of Darkness</description>
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<p>Done with MMA, Football, Baseball, Hockey, Basketball, Underwater Basket weaving, ha,ha,ha etc.</p>
<p>I am tired of all the cheaters and steroids. If a sport cannot do olympic style blood and urine testing for hgh, steroids, etc, then they are not going to get my money. Look at baseball. Even though the sport is boring and has many problems, steroids killed baseball&#8217;s revenue. I see the empty stands and see how cameras try to manipulate seating shots to make it appear there is a full stadium. A real man stands on his own two feet for what he is and struggles to change his weaknesses into strengths, not cheat with steroids. All those mma cheaters are just a bunch of losers, and regardless of the media hype or money thrown they will always look like that in everyone&#8217;s eyes, period. Why don&#8217;t I give everyone a bat who didn&#8217;t take steroids to even the playing field. Americans know their &#8220;pro&#8221; sports are tainted, and we don&#8217;t need to wait for congress to fix you. Everyone speaks of mma like it is a circus rather than a sport because of all the controversy. You are going the same route as fake wrestling or strongman competitions that make no money because of steroid losers. It is cause and effect. Less fans, less attendance at other venues like bars, means less money for all businesses around. Regulate steroids before it destroys your source of income. I know I am not going to any events until you fix this crap.</p>
<p>List of Steroid Cheaters, some are still with their organizations after a slap on the wrist.ex Chris Leben</p>
<p>JOSH BARNETT (now with strikeforce), TIM SYLVIA, KIMO LEOPOLDO, NATE MARQUARDT, VITOR BELFORT, STEPHAN BONNAR, PAWEL NASTULA, KIT COPE, JOHNNIE MORTON, ROYCE GRACIE, JORGE ORTIZ, PHIL BARONI, SEAN SHERK (still with UFC), HERMES FRANCA, ANTHONY TORRES, BILL MAHOOD, ADAM SMITH, JASON WINTHERS, RUBEN VILLAREAL, DENNIS HALLMAN, ALEXANDER CRISPIM, CARINA DAMM, ALEXANDRE NOGUEIRA, ANTONIO SILVA, EDWIN DEWEES, CHRIS LEBEN (still with UFC), KIRILL SIDELNIKOV, KEN SHAMROCK, JOSH BARNETT, COLE PROVINCE, CHAEL SONNEN (still with UFC), SHANE CARWIN (not caught but federal link to purchase of steroids).</p>
<p>Really, you cheat you get another chance, bullshit!!!</p>
<p>For everyone who supports steroid use, I don&#8217;t know what to say. You are either born a man or not, and compensating by drugs pretty much answers those questions. Everyone can see when most anyone really abuses steroids, and notes records broken, and people dying of cancer early. I hope those that support it take it and die from the stuff so the rest of us can enjoy this rock with a few less losers on it.</p>
<p>Piss tests are not good enough because any cheater can use a catheter and fill his bladder with whatever at any time.  The testing is also not that costly, for blood and urine, so that argument don&#8217;t fly with me either. Also sports need to publicly state who was on what whenever they fail a test. Football and baseball keep their information private other than announcing a failed PED. I hear about a steroid user and I boycott and bad mouth.</p>
<p>Dana White you are a DOUCHE<br />
Army of Darkness</p>
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		<title>By: Former GOP&#8217;er-turned-libertarian Bob Barr uses &#8216;heart-ripping cage fighter&#8217; story to attack MMA &#124; FightOpinion.com &#8211; Your Global Connection to the Fight Industry.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Former GOP&#8217;er-turned-libertarian Bob Barr uses &#8216;heart-ripping cage fighter&#8217; story to attack MMA &#124; FightOpinion.com &#8211; Your Global Connection to the Fight Industry.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Related: Alistair Overeem, Brian Cushing, steroids in the NFL &amp; MMA, and the way the media covers these ... [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Major questions arise from Strikeforce&#8217;s &#8220;drug testing program&#8221; &#124; FightOpinion.com &#8211; Your Global Connection to the Fight Industry.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Major questions arise from Strikeforce&#8217;s &#8220;drug testing program&#8221; &#124; FightOpinion.com &#8211; Your Global Connection to the Fight Industry.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 05:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] short, it&#8217;s a panic PR move (in my opinion) in response to the unbelievable MMA media swarm on Alistair Overeem. Pure and simple. This move is not about serious, independent drug-testing for all shows &#8212; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] short, it&#8217;s a panic PR move (in my opinion) in response to the unbelievable MMA media swarm on Alistair Overeem. Pure and simple. This move is not about serious, independent drug-testing for all shows &#8212; [...]</p>
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		<title>By: The Gaijin</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Gaijin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 04:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WOW.  Hector Lombard is a bad bad man.

He needs to get to the UFC stat because I just don&#039;t think there&#039;s anyone else on his level outside of Jacare, Lawler or Manhoef (I&#039;m assuming Shields is UFC bound) - he may not be the champ at 185 (he&#039;s awful short - 5&#039;9) but I think he&#039;s wasting his time otherwise.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WOW.  Hector Lombard is a bad bad man.</p>
<p>He needs to get to the UFC stat because I just don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s anyone else on his level outside of Jacare, Lawler or Manhoef (I&#8217;m assuming Shields is UFC bound) &#8211; he may not be the champ at 185 (he&#8217;s awful short &#8211; 5&#8242;9) but I think he&#8217;s wasting his time otherwise.</p>
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		<title>By: ULTMMA</title>
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		<dc:creator>ULTMMA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 01:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Far from a expert but one common side effect of PEDs is increased head size. 

Now think of your favorite NFL, MLB, MMA, or boxing athlete and ask yourself-what workout or change in their diet could of increased the size of their head? hmmm 

Also, they type of drug testing state athletic commissions do is a joke. You would have to be a complete buffoon to get caught by simple urine tests 

The Olympic / WADA style of urine &amp; blood sampling is the only way to go. I liked the way Molsey/ Mayweather testing procedures were handled. IMO</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Far from a expert but one common side effect of PEDs is increased head size. </p>
<p>Now think of your favorite NFL, MLB, MMA, or boxing athlete and ask yourself-what workout or change in their diet could of increased the size of their head? hmmm </p>
<p>Also, they type of drug testing state athletic commissions do is a joke. You would have to be a complete buffoon to get caught by simple urine tests </p>
<p>The Olympic / WADA style of urine &amp; blood sampling is the only way to go. I liked the way Molsey/ Mayweather testing procedures were handled. IMO</p>
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		<title>By: Len</title>
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		<dc:creator>Len</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 00:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If I recall correctly, Mariusz has never tested positive for any steroids. WSM doesn&#039;t even test for it. In 2004 he had his 3rd place revoked for being on coke</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If I recall correctly, Mariusz has never tested positive for any steroids. WSM doesn&#8217;t even test for it. In 2004 he had his 3rd place revoked for being on coke</p>
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		<title>By: Ivan Trembow</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ivan Trembow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 20:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From Sherdog’s article on this situation (http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Drug-Testing-Becomes-Focus-in-Overeem-Rogers-Bout-24445):

&lt;em&gt;“Tim Lueckenoff, commissioner for the Missouri Office of Athletics, said the regulatory body will test for “all illegal and unprescribed drugs.”

Yeesh, this guy is starting to sound like Jerry McDevitt. “All illegal and unprescribed drugs” could be a fancy way of saying, “He can take all the steroids he wants as long as he’s able to produce a prescription for it from a (mark) doctor.”&lt;/em&gt;

Whether that’s the way Lueckenoff meant it or not, “Illegal and unprescribed drugs” is the kind of language that WWE routinely uses to defend their joke of a drug policy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From Sherdog’s article on this situation (<a href="http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Drug-Testing-Becomes-Focus-in-Overeem-Rogers-Bout-24445" rel="nofollow">http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Drug-Testing-Becomes-Focus-in-Overeem-Rogers-Bout-24445</a>):</p>
<p><em>“Tim Lueckenoff, commissioner for the Missouri Office of Athletics, said the regulatory body will test for “all illegal and unprescribed drugs.”</p>
<p>Yeesh, this guy is starting to sound like Jerry McDevitt. “All illegal and unprescribed drugs” could be a fancy way of saying, “He can take all the steroids he wants as long as he’s able to produce a prescription for it from a (mark) doctor.”</em></p>
<p>Whether that’s the way Lueckenoff meant it or not, “Illegal and unprescribed drugs” is the kind of language that WWE routinely uses to defend their joke of a drug policy.</p>
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		<title>By: edub</title>
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		<dc:creator>edub</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 18:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Also in the past 8 years 3 Defensive ROY winners have been popped for drug tests either the same year or the immediate next. Julius Peppers, Shawn Merriman, and now Cushing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Also in the past 8 years 3 Defensive ROY winners have been popped for drug tests either the same year or the immediate next. Julius Peppers, Shawn Merriman, and now Cushing.</p>
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		<title>By: edub</title>
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		<dc:creator>edub</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 18:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Overeem has fought in the States in the past and not failed a drug test.&quot; 
That was before his bulk up Zach. He fought Buentello and weighed around 230. He was pushing 265 in his fights in dream/K1!...

&quot;Overeem is getting the media heat because he’s perceived in the media as a heel, as a bad guy.&quot;

He&#039;s getting the media heat because he hasn&#039;t passed a drug test since his body change, and he&#039;s seemed hesitant to fight in the US.... 



...Here is a random question for everybody. If steroids became good for the body(and the technology is already moving in that direction) should they be illegal in sports?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Overeem has fought in the States in the past and not failed a drug test.&#8221;<br />
That was before his bulk up Zach. He fought Buentello and weighed around 230. He was pushing 265 in his fights in dream/K1!&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;Overeem is getting the media heat because he’s perceived in the media as a heel, as a bad guy.&#8221;</p>
<p>He&#8217;s getting the media heat because he hasn&#8217;t passed a drug test since his body change, and he&#8217;s seemed hesitant to fight in the US&#8230;. </p>
<p>&#8230;Here is a random question for everybody. If steroids became good for the body(and the technology is already moving in that direction) should they be illegal in sports?</p>
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		<title>By: The Gaijin</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Gaijin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 18:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>P.S. Shut up Zach you big jerk - quit calling people &quot;heels&quot; and &quot;faces&quot; and &quot;good guys&quot; and &quot;bad guys&quot; - you loser pro wrestling fan! ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>P.S. Shut up Zach you big jerk &#8211; quit calling people &#8220;heels&#8221; and &#8220;faces&#8221; and &#8220;good guys&#8221; and &#8220;bad guys&#8221; &#8211; you loser pro wrestling fan! <img src='http://www.fightopinion.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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