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Found this on CagePotato (the best site after WatchKalibRun went down), here's the link to the original article (http://espn.go.com/blog/mma/post/_/id/15993/ageless-belfort-believes-hell-overcome-bisping)
This is the quote highlighted by CagePotato:
ESPN: Some fighters in their 30s have been diagnosed with low testosterone levels and received exemptions to use testosterone replacement therapy [TRT]. Have you ever applied for TRT or would you consider it?
Belfort: If a question is private, I have the choice to answer or not. If I make it public, it’s not private anymore. If I want to say something private I will say it, but I keep to myself and I respect the laws of the sport. Whatever the organization, whatever the law -- they know what to do. This is too controversial, why am I going to say something that doesn’t accomplish anything? If it’s legal, they know what to do. If it’s legal, there’s nothing to say about it. It’s legal.
What do you guys think? It seems like so far the guys who have gotten the therapeutic use exemption have all been from U.S. (Sonnen, Griffin, Mir, Duffee, Hendo), is Vitor the first Brazilian to do it?
Lastly, I'm not trying to stir up controversy, and I honestly don't think that it's going to affect the outcome of the fight if Vitor is on TRT (which is just speculation). I just found this interesting and wanted to share.
EDIT: Here's Bisping's response:
It seems that Bisping has offered his opinion on Belfort's (alleged) TRT use (from http://www.bjpenn.com/bisping-belforts-a-cheat-who-wins-with-punches-behind-the-head-ufc-news/):
“I was disappointed Vitor Belfort started talking in tongues when asked about TRT recently. He had a little more to say on Monday when he was asked directly about my concerns that all his recent UFC fights were won by illegal punches to the back of the head. In between lengthy references to the New Testament, Belfort basically said he doesn’t care if he hits opponents behind the head. How he’s gotten away with this in his career is a mystery to me, and I hope we have a strong referee who has the balls to do something about it – if it happens – with thousands of Belfort supporters screaming in the stands. And of course it is down to me to make sure I’m not put in a position where he can unload these kinds of shots. Vitor has one or two rounds to beat me – or try to hit me behind the head – and then his gas tank will be empty and the fight will look like that Rocky vs. that dead cow.”
I highlighted the part I found most interesting - this is getting heated.
This is the quote highlighted by CagePotato:
ESPN: Some fighters in their 30s have been diagnosed with low testosterone levels and received exemptions to use testosterone replacement therapy [TRT]. Have you ever applied for TRT or would you consider it?
Belfort: If a question is private, I have the choice to answer or not. If I make it public, it’s not private anymore. If I want to say something private I will say it, but I keep to myself and I respect the laws of the sport. Whatever the organization, whatever the law -- they know what to do. This is too controversial, why am I going to say something that doesn’t accomplish anything? If it’s legal, they know what to do. If it’s legal, there’s nothing to say about it. It’s legal.
What do you guys think? It seems like so far the guys who have gotten the therapeutic use exemption have all been from U.S. (Sonnen, Griffin, Mir, Duffee, Hendo), is Vitor the first Brazilian to do it?
Lastly, I'm not trying to stir up controversy, and I honestly don't think that it's going to affect the outcome of the fight if Vitor is on TRT (which is just speculation). I just found this interesting and wanted to share.
EDIT: Here's Bisping's response:
It seems that Bisping has offered his opinion on Belfort's (alleged) TRT use (from http://www.bjpenn.com/bisping-belforts-a-cheat-who-wins-with-punches-behind-the-head-ufc-news/):
“I was disappointed Vitor Belfort started talking in tongues when asked about TRT recently. He had a little more to say on Monday when he was asked directly about my concerns that all his recent UFC fights were won by illegal punches to the back of the head. In between lengthy references to the New Testament, Belfort basically said he doesn’t care if he hits opponents behind the head. How he’s gotten away with this in his career is a mystery to me, and I hope we have a strong referee who has the balls to do something about it – if it happens – with thousands of Belfort supporters screaming in the stands. And of course it is down to me to make sure I’m not put in a position where he can unload these kinds of shots. Vitor has one or two rounds to beat me – or try to hit me behind the head – and then his gas tank will be empty and the fight will look like that Rocky vs. that dead cow.”
I highlighted the part I found most interesting - this is getting heated.
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