Josh Barnett's official statement after leaving the UFC. *Long Read*

Barnett will be on Ariel's new show today. I'll put up a thread in a little bit.
 
roid meltdown if i have ever seen one. are we supposed to pretend that this guy wasnt failing drug tests throuhout his whole career <YeahOKJen>{<huh}
 
One of my favorite fighters, he has a great personality inside and oustide the cage, seems to truly love every aspect of the sport from training, fighting and teaching. I wish him the best of luck in his future and hope to see him in the ring/cage/mat again soon!
 
IloveTHIS said:
lets be honest

what this translates to: I'm tired of fighting the best guys in the world and know its not going to work out well for me, so I'm leaving to fight guys more around my level.


Huge Josh fan but cmon..
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Translation:

I'm a life long chronic roid user, and now being 40, my t levels have plummeted thru the basement and I need to juice. I'm going to use USADA as a scapegoat and ask that all turn a blind eye to the fact I have been busted four times.

He is in the same unfortunate company as Vitor, where he simply will need to replenish his testosterone and has completely rewired his system by taking roids for such a long time. The UFC is simply unpractical for chronic roiders competeting under USADA, and they really would be better off suited in a place where they can atleast try and achieve hormonal normalcy instead of getting smashed while competiting at a constant disadvantage. Sure, it's their fault that their hormonal systems are so jacked, but it is simply reckless (and ironic) to put a guy in the ring with another guy that has quadruple the amount of testosterone.
 
I support the Warmaster wherever he goes, Rizin seems obvious but who knows. The guy is a legend if the sport and still a top 15 heavyweight.
 
KazDibiase said:
The debacle with USADA over the last year and a half has also influenced my decision to exit the UFC. Their dogged insistence to punish me for what they absolutely knew was an issue of contamination was unethical.
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You Josh are a joke! A pathetic chronic liar. Why cant these legends like Mir not just own up when they screw up especially if they have left the company? Or at least stfu and keep it quiet.

No they try to lie to us like we are retards and play the victim like a 5 year old. I always liked Barnett and his career but this is such a pussy move by him just like with Mirs kangaroo meat.

Everyone knows Barnett is a career PED abuser. No need for him to tell his fairytales anymore.
 
Weird that it's classified as a long read. Although considering the general tone of the forum, not surprising in the slightest.
 
KazDibiase said:


To Lands Unknown and Uncoquered. To Battles yet fought - I have Left the UFC.

JOSH BARNETT·SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2018

A Career as long as mine can take many paths or even change direction altogether at times. This is one of those times. No one thought I would ever be back in the UFC given the tumultuous relationship that we had had in the past, but for 5 fights and 5 years, that's precisely where I have been. I have very much enjoyed my time there. The UFC has been a wonderful experience the second time around and together we have done great things.

Although I am sure we could continue to do so, I feel that it's time for me to take another path. They have great fighters and the biggest platform in the world so why would I want to leave? The UFC has a structure in place to create their stories, their way, and it's a good way, but it's not my way – it's not my story. The call for adventure is still within me, and I wish to exercise it. I long to go back more to the way of the early days of MMA, traveling the world to exotic places fighting in different rules, rings or cages or who knows what, fighters that have been under the radar; the unknown. There are so many athletes and places that I want to fight, and by going my own way, I will have the ability to try and create that story and make these opportunities a reality, a reality I wouldn't have been able to make if I stayed in the UFC.


The debacle with USADA over the last year and a half has also influenced my decision to exit the UFC. Their dogged insistence to punish me for what they absolutely knew was an issue of contamination was unethical. By trying to manufacture any reason they could legitimize to increase sanctions against me was unacceptable. For their stance to necessitate my retaining counsel and do legal battle with them in the presence of an arbitrator was unnecessary. They preferred an adversarial to a just and fair process. I cannot in good conscience trust them to act in good faith or perhaps may even wish to look to enact some sort of vengeance in an attempt to cancel out my victory against them in arbitration. It's not the kind of environment that I want to spend the final years of my career in.

I would like to go beyond the bureaucracy by leaving the UFC. I hope I will be able to create the fights I want, compete in grappling, professional wrestling and take on opportunities as I can create and manage in the way that I wish to. As a piece in the UFC puzzle, I would have had to work for their narrative and designs on their timeline – as one should expect. There are a lot of stories left to tell with my career, and I want to be the one to determine them without influence. To do that fully I need to go it alone, I have to be the architect of my destiny. To traversing battlefields far and wide. The UFC has been very good to me and a great place to fight, but what time I have left in this sport I need to be the one calling the shots and creating the battle plans. I hear the call for high adventure and I will oblige.
Onward into countless battles.

The Warmaster
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I read this in comic book guys voice
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He's going to fight at the Kumite next to defend his Metamoris belt and prove pro wrestling is strong.
 
Ghost in the Dark said:
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God, thats a crazy picture!
 
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