I always wondered why he made 205 so easily- always smiling and posing at the weigh in. He was 6'4 and muscular. He should have looked like Conor trying to make 145.
He could hold so much water in the artificial muscle and drain it easily.
Why was a guy with, what should have been, an ectomorphic frame, able to manhandle stocky, powerfully built men so easily?
The answer to both is years of turinabol with an estrogen masking agent- which worked
like a charm when the test was a simple serum testosterone test. Under USADA, he had no solution to his performance dependency.
He may have tried the OSP fight clean or perhaps ended his cycle months out. Which likely explains the powerlifting regime- an attempt to maintain the strength advantage he had become dependent on. However, muscles built naturally, through powerlifting, are not as useful in a 5 round MMA fight. He was sluggish and tired and won by way of 1000 knee kicks.
When the powerlifting failed he was forced back to his more tried and true method. He could not risk fighting Cormier clean.
I now believe his entire UFC career was built around Turinabol. USADA is uncovering his stack test by test.
