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GSP was pushing hard for USADA style testing to come into the picture bud. Dana and hendricks were avoiding it like the plague. GSP eventually agreed to do multiple testing if hendricks would and hendricks bowed out
It was Hendricks that accused GSP, then GSP said fine let's do 3rd party testing, then offered to foot his bill.
Then Hendricks said " No I don't want to do VADA I want WADA like they do in the olympics, GSP is hiding something because he doesn't want to do Olympic style testing."
Then GSP had to explain to Hendricks that VADA is a accredited WADA organization that only takes the samples and sends them to WADA to test.
Then Hendricks said that VADA has a picture as GSP on the website as one of the athletes they test, that it's too shady. He wants to go with NSAC OOC testing, GSP said "ok let's do it", which basically made hendrick stutter "wwwwwhat? you will do it?".
GSP was unaware of NSAC's OOC testing protocol, and had his lawyer send Keizer questions to inquire about it, while saying no matter what it is GSP has agreed to do it. Ehrhardt then played word games about "GSP wanting times and knowing what they are testing for". GSp's lawyer said they wanted to make sure there were no loopholes and since WADA would not inform him on certain info, that means they will not inform hendricks either and so GSP agreed to do both testing.
Ehrhardt, Hendricks Agent then said GSP wasn't serious about it, and it was at this point when GSP happily agreed to both testing that Hendricks bailed and refused that as well as any other additional testing, even though GSP said he can chose whatever 3rd party testing and GSP will foot the bill.
While GSP still went through 3rd party testing by VADA. He cut right through their word acrobatics by just agreeing to do both tests and Hendricks went silent and bailed at that point. Hendricks was trying to put on a nice face and make it seem like GSP wouldn't do it and GSP's quick agree to do both tests basically cut off their ability to do more spins on it, so they just said "this is all too shady" and went dead silent on the issue.
None of this is speculation. It is documented fact.
GSP won the decision against Hendricks and decided to step away from the sport in 2013
GSP long was a spokesperson demanding stricter testing and volunteering for stricter testing and Dana kept telling him to fuck off. GSP implied 90% of the roster was using PED's and that he was one of the few not using. GSP then took a break saying the next day in an interview he would only come back if the UFC started and maintained stricter testing. A year and a half after GSP took a break, they implemented USADA in 2015. And then they kept doing it. At this point with USADA testing nonstop, hendricks turned into a fat guy who could not make 185, let alone 170 and his KO power all disappeared, and that was pretty revealing. True to his word, GSP came back(and won a title at a higher weightclass)
I agree with you that GSP was probably clean and you provide a good detailed breakdown to back that up. I disagree that he came back to fight Bisping because he was "true to his word". Let's face it, he cherry picked an easy way (Bisping) to pad his resume and enhance his legacy then retired right after. His word was "I would defend the belt"...which he did not keep.
