Yet Overeem, Werdum, Bigfoot and Barnett had zero problems passing tests in Strikeforce but all were busted in the UFC. Something has always been very fishy about Scott Coker orgs. Usually the few guys who test positive are fighters like Kimbo and Ken Shamrock, two very old, expendable fighters (sacrificial lambs to "prove" they're testing).
That might just be the way he looks from years and years of PED abuse. Probably more likely the case. Those things age you like fucking crazy. I would also be surprised if he was 100% clean even now.
Muscles don’t round and look like Brock’s did in his prime WWE days without the use of large amounts of multiple different drugs. Specific drugs have very specific effects. He was definitely using more aesthetically pleasing drugs during his WWE days. He stopped using them for his MMA career because PEDs of that type actually hinder athletic ability.
He's objectively healthier now than if he was 250 pounds. If he isn't fighting there's no need to be so huge.
We have all speculated that fighters are still on cycles(because they are) during the USADA era, but had to take a little more precaution compared to the older testing style, which is taken around fight week. Fighters had to be smarter about cycling on and off and timing things to minimize a detection window.
Pre USADA Reem was blasting steroids, USADA reem was probably microdosing TRT and doing other things like EPO, Now that he is retired and downsizing, we can see what a truly natty Reem looks like.
Ubereem(2008-2012)
Econoreem(2013-2021)
Natty retired Reem(2021-Present)(Right picture is late Econoreem)
Pretty clear cut case opf PED abuse when you shrink that much post retirement. Most natural fighters actually get bigger when they retire because they aren't doing all the cardio they were doing as a fighter.
idk why conor gave up being an oversized, shredded fw for being an undersized, bloated ww.
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