So, MMA/UFC wasn't a fad

There is always Bellator.

 

Scott Coker last night:

"I sense a great disturbance in the force ..."

 

You're serious??? Do you realize many guys take stuff but know how to beat the tests? Some are either too arrogant or too stupid and get caught more than once.

 

I don't think it is as simple as you are making it sound with USADA constantly testing them, even out of competition. I'm sure there are still guys getting away with it, but far fewer than there used to be.

 

This is what people thought in the 80's, 90's 2000's and they will forever.

Athletes and trainers are dirty, they are ahead of the leagues and federations attempting to catch them.

 

So all of them?

I definitely feel stupid for thinking Jones had figured his shit out and would be taking every precaution not to get caught again, up to and including staying clean. But I'm not sure I'm ready to be such a cynic that I assume every professional athlete is dirty. There are many who, if caught, I would say "yeah not a shock there." But there are still plenty that would still surprise me.

I have always been the idealist type, though. So maybe I'm just a sucker.

 

No, not all, but none should shock if you if they were.

 

There's a podcast with Victor Conte talking about beating drug tests. Never took any roids or hgh, but know several guys who did. Won't say everyone is doing it, but I'll bet anything more guys are doing it than get caught.

 

Im sure Jones is like most caught in the situation, the problem wasn't that he was using something he shouldn't have, but that the masking agents didn't work.

 

Yeah I definitely agree there. I wouldn't be surprised if we found out 50 percent of fighters were on some form of banned substance. But there are still some fighters, probably because of my own biases, that would surprise me. Like Jones's last opponent, Cormier. I would legitimately be surprised if he popped positive.

 

Conor McGregor goes nuts:

NYPD investigating incident with UFC’s Conor McGregor — VIDEO

 

*Yawn*