How does Vitor Escape the Stigma of being a PED cheat?

[Garnet_StrongerThanYou]

When TRT Vitor was clowning fools Sherdog was behind him.

when he KOd Bisping everyone was behind him.

When he KOd Rockhold everyone cheered.

He could come back tomorrow and piss a hole in a cup and Sherdog would rally behind him.

Double standard meng.

 

[leatherneck]

he has no known weaknesses.

real fans dont care.

 

[fzoid4454]

When TRT Vitor was clowning fools Sherdog was behind him.

when he KOd Bisping everyone was behind him.

When he KOd Rockhold everyone cheered.

He could come back tomorrow and piss a hole in a cup and Sherdog would rally behind him.

Double standard meng.

He's possibly the most reviled PED cheat there is, and no one looks at his career as anything except someone who was a cheat for almost the entire thing.

Not sure what you've been reading here or anywhere else that suggests otherwise.

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

Because he KO'd two of the biggest douchebags in MMA at that time in spectacular fashion. Also he was a young phenom that seemed to have lost the way but came back a hungry old lion, so there's the nostalgia feel good factor as well.

 

[Doughie99]

When TRT Vitor was clowning fools Sherdog was behind him.

when he KOd Bisping everyone was behind him.

When he KOd Rockhold everyone cheered.

He could come back tomorrow and piss a hole in a cup and Sherdog would rally behind him.

Double standard meng.

He's Brazilian and he has no concept of shame or integrity.

and his wife is simply an enabler.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Because he at least used the PEDs for spectacular finishes rather than for more energy to lay on people for longer.

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

Vitor was natty until late in his career. Look how pudgy and unchiseled young Vitor was. No roids.

 

[King in the North]

Because mma fans only hold PED use against you if they don’t like you for some other reason. Everyone loved TRT Vitor.

 

[Stalingrad9]

First, he never won a belt. So the discussion isn't the same as for say Jones or Silva.
Second, the transformation after USADA was shameful enough. There's no need to rub salt in the wound.
Third, sometimes PEDs make for amazing moments like the 2 KOs against Rockhold and Bisping. That makes people forget about integrity and honor

 

[Andreh]

When TRT Vitor was clowning fools Sherdog was behind him.

when he KOd Bisping everyone was behind him.

When he KOd Rockhold everyone cheered.

He could come back tomorrow and piss a hole in a cup and Sherdog would rally behind him.

Double standard meng.

Like all the others, Barnett, Chael, Brock, etc. for instance. Or we have double standards now for specific fighters?

 

[McSpikes]

TRT wasnt banned when he was knocking people out

 

[DivineMind]

I mean, he was obviously a cheat so not sure how he could overcome that.

Still an entertaining fighter regardless.

 

[Slatersan]

Vitor fans never gave a fuck about steroids. We are pride era fans.

 

[Garnet_StrongerThanYou]

He's possibly the most reviled PED cheat there is, and no one looks at his career as anything except someone who was a cheat for almost the entire thing.

Not sure what you've been reading here or anywhere else that suggests otherwise.

he’s only reviled by fighters.

This place adores him.

 

[TR1]

Vitor fans never gave a fuck about steroids. We are pride era fans.

The issue was he was mega roiding while his opponents were not (or at least, not to the same extent).
This is why TRTor really soiled his image in my eyes.
Nobody cared that he roided before.

When he obliterated a fellow TRT/roider in Hendo, it was all good in my eyes.

 

[Destino2018]

First, he never won a belt. So the discussion isn't the same as for say Jones or Silva.
Second, the transformation after USADA was shameful enough. There's no need to rub salt in the wound.
Third, sometimes PEDs make for amazing moments like the 2 KOs against Rockhold and Bisping. That makes people forget about integrity and honor

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

Because mma fans only hold PED use against you if they don’t like you for some other reason. Everyone loved TRT Vitor.

the only guy i talk shit about roiding is Jon Jones, because he's the only guy i see getting a pass from the venerable USADA

 

[SteveColdStone]

Because he is a man of God.

 

[HHJ]

uh...

he doesnt???

Its not just him using PED's he clearly openly over abused them,and now cant function without them.

 

[DizzyYeahYeah]

Different era. People care more about popping in the USADA era because it's more of an even playing field (so to say but people still cheat and don't get caught) but back in the day it was a free-for-all.

Jones literally got a pass from USADA to pulse steroids. I don't care too much about PEDs but Jones gets away with everything and he's a douche, so I hate on Jones for his PED use.