During the USADA Era, fighters were regularly getting popped for using PEDs. Now, it seems to never happen.

[Leonard Haid]

What does this mean? Is PED use once again in full swing?

 

[acannxr]

Is PED use once again in full swing?

USADA already got exposed for allowing athletes to continue cheating if they snitched.

WADA statement on Reuters story exposing USADA scheme in contravention of World Anti-Doping Code

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) responds to a Reuters story of 7 August 2024 exposing a scheme whereby the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) allowed athletes who had doped, to compete for years, in at least one case without ever publishing or sanctioning their anti-doping rule violations, in...

www.wada-ama.org

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

Azamat Murzakhanov and a few others like khalil have popped recently, but the number of fighters popping did decrease. I think fighters are just smarter about not getting caught now, they know how to cycle it out of their system

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

It’ll take years to see if fighter’s primes are extended

 

[Pierced7681]

Back in the day if a fighter was flagged for peds usada released their name immediately, then the policy was changed to only after the fighter accepts the disciplinary action does their name get released. Im assuming this policy change massively slowed down the process of fighters getting caught as they can only release their name once a resolution has been agreed to.

 

[Söze Aldo]

Back in the day if a fighter was flagged for peds usada released their name immediately, then the policy was changed to only after the fighter accepts the disciplinary action does their name get released. Im assuming this policy change massively slowed down the process of fighters getting caught as they can only release their name once a resolution has been agreed to.

And then Jon conveniently stopped fighting for 2 years just to grow a potbelly and fight Gane. Nothing suspicious there.

 

[DkMacaw]

And then Jon conveniently stopped fighting for 2 years just to grow a potbelly and fight Gane. Nothing suspicious there.

and then he showed in better shape for the Stipe fight, didn't he? interesting.

 

[LindyBrah]

Also a lot of recent advent peptides are nearly undetectable comparable to anabolics. Look at things like SLU-PP-332. Absolutely insane potency.

 

[JBGuy420]

Of course it is. It happened during USADA, it's happening now. I would be surprised if more than 10% of the roster was clean.

 

[kingghidrah]

Nope. They learned their lesson and are all clean now. How could you doubt them? Dana is in charge, he knows what the score is, and doesn't allow shennanigans.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

They all decided unanimously to quit doing them


Bless those honest fighters

 

[xhaydenx]

Obviously they stopped taking them otherwise they'd be getting caught!

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

What does this mean? Is PED use once again in full swing?

 

[RoseHDCovington]

Someone should crunch the numbers and see if knock outs happened more often before or after the usàda era

 

[FriskyRandy]

Someone should crunch the numbers and see if knock outs happened more often before or after the usàda era

God dam that name and avatar is some creepy ass shit

 

[Feaser]

 

[MrFreeze]

Azamat Murzakhanov and a few others like khalil have popped recently, but the number of fighters popping did decrease. I think fighters are just smarter about not getting caught now, they know how to cycle it out of their system

Khalil didn't pop, he came forward for taking a contaminated supplement. https://www.espn.com.au/mma/story/_/id/40174548/khalil-rountree-ufc-303-took-banned-substance

But then the UFC made up the their own arbitrary suspension length to make the Poatan fight happen.

 

[Spath]

Khalil didn't pop, he came forward for taking a contaminated supplement. https://www.espn.com.au/mma/story/_/id/40174548/khalil-rountree-ufc-303-took-banned-substance

But then the UFC made up the their own arbitrary suspension length to make the Poatan fight happen.

I think Crocop also came forward and told the UFC/USADA that he took something prohibited (HGH?) for his shoulder injury and they threw him under the bus. Then his tests came back negative lol

Machida was banned 18 months for DHEA. I’m not sure if he came forward with it or if it showed in a test and he was like ”yup!”

DHEA! Could you imagine?



The athletes aren’t any cleaner than during USADA era. The absence of flagged tests and busted athletes says a lot

 

[Tokoloko]

What does this mean? Is PED use once again in full swing?

Well for Russian guys it never stopped. Or do you think that "local testers" will ever "expose" and ruin their nationals hero career and literally risk their lives to be morally right?

 

[Legendary]

Azamat Murzakhanov and a few others like khalil have popped recently, but the number of fighters popping did decrease. I think fighters are just smarter about not getting caught now, they know how to cycle it out of their system

They also just aren't being tested like they were in the USADA era. The days of USADA coming to your house at 5am are over and Dana wanted a less stringent testing agency. These guys probably don't come off until around fight week.