Rory MacDonald explains controversial comments about Robbie Lawler, performance-enhancing drug use

[Pseudo Sane]

usada has been up and running since 2015 which means the 2nd Rory fight and the Condit fight were both usada fights and he looked like a monster in those. Then he got flash KOd by Woodley which can happen to anyone and then looked like his usual self against Cerrone more or less.

USADA started July 1, 2015.

Rory-Lawler II took place July 11, 2015. I don`t think he was even tested until the leadup till the Condit fight. As far as I am aware, USADA was absolutely not a factor for Lawler for that fight.

 

[Roljo]

this exactly shows why USADA sucks for the fans, with it we probably would have missed one of the greatest title fights ever

 

[strafvollzieher]

Doesn't he train with GSP? Lol?!?!

Edit: if he really was "totally not crying about it" he would have answered the question with a "I'm not sure" (even if he was).

Lying about what you think = good.
Expressing your believes = crying.

Acephalocardia.....

 

[Toco]

How do you figure? Jones is the one considered to be the GOAT of his sport and the one who has failed multiple times for PED's resulting in getting stripped of his title.

GSP is pure speculation/suspicion/conjecture. No way you can call him the Lance Armstrong of MMA when he's never been caught cheating. Jones owns that title by a landslide. Your bias disturbs me.

armstrong is the exact same thing. everyone thought he was this clean greatest cyclist of all time (he still is, but he isn't clean, and who cares), he was accused of PEDs but always denied, campaigned for anti-doping testing and what not, until...... he got caught. MAYBE that will happen to GSP, who knows?

 

[MMAcolyte]

armstrong is the exact same thing. everyone thought he was this clean greatest cyclist of all time (he still is, but he isn't clean, and who cares), he was accused of PEDs but always denied, campaigned for anti-doping testing and what not, until...... he got caught. MAYBE that will happen to GSP, who knows?

Lmao. Ya, key words "Maybe" and "who knows". Until he gets caught we don't fucking know lol. Just like no one condemned Lance Armstrong (or Jon Jones) as a prolific cheater UNTIL HE GOT CAUGHT. It baffles me people can't grasp this logic.

 

[Kingfarthur]

He wasn't being a sore loser, just being honest. No issues here.

 

[Buri]

you think?

i thought he looked nervous and fairly cautious and not wanting to over-commit. looked to me like he was unsure of his cardio. i thought the two performances were night and day

I don't disagree with Rory but being cautious with Condit is a good fight plan.

 

[Po]

His test conducted by NSAC about 1 month before the MacDonald bout, he registered 3x higher than the WADA threshold for Luteinizing hormone.

And his reticulocyte percentage was above the acceptable limit suggesting EPO usage.

If USADA testing started on June 1st instead of July 1st he probably would have been flagged.

Great post.

High reticulocyte count just means your body is churning out more red blood cells though. That can be affected by anemia of chronic disease and other anemias where rbcs are fragile and have to be replaced more often than in a normal person. Or if someone recently suffered a major trauma or had a big hematoma (such as from training camp). It doesn't necessarily mean he is on epo. Though I guess its somewhat suspicious though.

I don't know what to make of the LH though. That sounds very suspicious.

 

[wlu.29]

I believe Rory

 

[west42]

and I don't believe you or them anyway ... goodie bag of steroids on day 1 ? get out of here

Never been to south fl have you?
Getting roids is about as difficult as getting beer in a bar

 

[Flokk]

Never been to south fl have you?
Getting roids is about as difficult as getting beer in a bar

Prolly got nothing on LA from what I hear...

 

[ChucksGlassJaw]

Lance Armstrong was never "caught." He admitted to it after his teammates testified against him.

 

[Toner]

Suspicion. Speculation. Conjecture. That is all you have posted. He was never caught. Lance Armstrong was caught. Jon Jones was caught. Can you compute?

For the record, I would be shocked if GSP was clean his whole career, but we can't discredit someone's legacy unless they get caught cheating imo.

Lance Armstrong was never "caught." He admitted to it after his teammates testified against him.

GSP is the Lance Armstrong of MMA.

 

[XxanaxX]

Age 22 and still had acne on his face.

Pimples on the face are different than the clustered pattern of acne around the shoulders and upper back where a high concentration on androgen receptors are situated. It's a classic sign of steroid use and if he's going to try and throw lawyer under the bus, despite having never tested positive, then he's a bit of a hypocrite to say the least.

 

[PeterTheGreat]

Wanna know why ATT has a lot of busted users and is "suspect" ?

Its the largest mma gym in the US . Probably the world if you consider the other "Top Teams" in the world one family..

Has the MOST fighters in am or pro representing them

Has more gyms and locations than anyone combined. Most academy's combined don't have as many people fighting than ATT has under their banners.

Lets their fighters train at different gyms and also accepts fighters already 20 pro fights deep

"Everyone's on steroids" - Nate Diaz

 

[depassage]

Those veins are highly suspiscious.

 

[MMAcolyte]

Lance Armstrong was never "caught." He admitted to it after his teammates testified against him.

GSP is the Lance Armstrong of MMA.

Lol let me rephrase that. We can't discredit someone until there is proof (failing a test, admission, etc) they were cheating. Anderson Silva? Proven cheater. Jon Jones? Proven cheater. Lance Armstrong? Self-confessed cheater. GSP? Suspected cheater (which you can say for any fighter ever).

It's obvious you have some sort of hate on for GSP, and I've been informed you're a huge fan of Anderson and Aldo. Which is ironic because the former is a proven cheater and the latter also has legitimate reasons to suspect PED use. Aldo attempted to have his drug testers deported (think he may have even succeeded), "accidentally" spilled a urine sample, and is 1-2 with 2 stoppage losses since USADA came in. Do I think Aldo used PED's before? Yes, probably. Do I think GSP used PED's before? Yes, probably. Is there any way to know if either one did? Fuck no. Do we know that Anderson Silva, Jon Jones, and Lance Armstrong all used PED's? Absolutely.

Repeating your opinion a million times doesn't compensate for the lack of simple and basic logic in your reasoning.

 

[beefcake180]

Fuck Rory. Suck on your sour grapes and wait till Lima sleeps you

 

[MMAcolyte]

Lance Armstrong was never "caught." He admitted to it after his teammates testified against him.

GSP is the Lance Armstrong of MMA.

In philosophy (I'm not sure if you've ever taken any classes of it in uni, so I'll give you a run-down) your post is what is called a "logical fallacy".

In your post you say "Lance Armstrong was never caught". You tacitly say (tacit means "without words") GSP was never caught. Both true statements.

You then say "He admitted to it after his teammates testified against him.

Your conclusion from these two statements is "GSP is the Lance Armstrong of MMA".

This is where the fallacy occurs. If it was also true that GSP admitted to steroid use after his teammates testified against him, then your post would be logically sound. It is not. At all.

 

[sangreporsangre]

Huge Lawler fan here, but yea I think that Rory is probably right. Late career resurgence (not impossible to do naturally of course, just suspect imo), those sketchy blood test results, and maybe it's my imagination but Robbie looks like he's gone up a hat size since his first run in the UFC. Of course, I would be surprised if Rory was totally clean himself. I'm pretty cynical about pro athletes and PEDs.