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Makes sense. I thought he looked softer physically and he seemed slower/less aggressive than in the fights that came after the AS bout (when he was clearly juiced up).
Vitor was NOT on TRT when he fought Anderson Silva
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Wouldn't matter; he got kicked in the face and finished early, Cheator or not.
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Those are banned substances. TRT wasn't.
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There is still a scale of how badly and how often you cheat. I'm ok with people holding a grudge against Anderson because of the failed test, but doing so in order to defend freaking Vitor? Come on...
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Androstane Silva KO'd Cheator?
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They barely let it in the arena anymore...
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Because his own word is a reliable source?
edit. Both could have used PEDs in that fight: who knows? How come the one instance Anderson was caught means he always used it, and for Vitor it's somehow the opposite?
Fight happened during an era that likely had rampant PED usage: who knows?
One of the main reasons people need TRT is to compensate for hormonal abuse earlier in life.
edit. Both could have used PEDs in that fight: who knows? How come the one instance Anderson was caught means he always used it, and for Vitor it's somehow the opposite?
Fight happened during an era that likely had rampant PED usage: who knows?
One of the main reasons people need TRT is to compensate for hormonal abuse earlier in life.
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point being, athletes dont write anything there, dont even put supplements, vitamins etc as they are meant to
so absence of "TRT" on the form means nothing, they never fill out those forms right
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Really, then why post on Sherdog? That seems pretty ignorant!
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He was most likely using "eye drops" and "foot cream"
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Are Nick Diaz and BJ Penn cheaters?
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Agreed.I see some people are still claiming Anderson Silva fought TRT Vitor so let's refute that to avoid further ignorance.
Keith Kizer, executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission, stated that Vitor Belfort did not use TRT in his fight against Anderson Silva at UFC 126. He also showed Vitor's pre-fight medical questionnaire, in which he indicates he wasn't on any medication.
http://nagradedomma.blogosfera.uol.com.br/2013/05/24/cabmma-explica-processo-de-liberacao-de-uso-de-trt-de-belfort-no-brasil/
Post fight drug tests came back clean, confirming Vitor wasn't on TRT:
http://www.mmamania.com/2011/2/14/1993167/ufc-126-drug-test-results-come-back-clean-for-silva-vs-belfort-on-feb
Vitor himself says he started taking TRT after the fight with Anderson:
Q: When did you start with the (TRT) treatment exactly?
Vitor: It was after the fight with Anderson (february 2011)
http://sportv.globo.com/site/combate/noticia/2013/07/belfort-espera-de-spider-x-weidman-tentaram-tudo-para-me-tirar-e-liquidei.HTML
The ONLY source that claims Vitor was on TRT during his fight with Anderson is an article in which the writer assumes that Vitor was using it because he said in an interview that he had been taking it for “3 years” and since Vitor’s fight with Silva happened almost 3 years before that interview, the writer simply assumed he was already on TRT.
Here’s the misleading article:
However, Belfort revealed in an interview to UOL that he was already on the testosterone replacement therapy when he fought Silva, back in 2011.
"Ive (been doing this) for three years," Belfort said. "I did some exams and they saw I had low testosterone levels. The doctor said “Vitor, we need to do something. I don’t know if you agree with this, but it’;s important that you do it.”; And it was done.
http://www.mmafighting.com/2013/10/...ould-accept-to-stop-trt-for-shot-at-the-title
Note that there’s no direct quote from Vitor saying he was on TRT, it was just the writer assuming that. As shown above, Vitor himself has clarified he was not on TRT at the time and so has the NSAC director. Most Anderson Silva fans who claim Vitor was on TRT will post this article, either by ignorance or dishonesty.
Picture comparison of TRT Vitor with pre TRT Vitor:
Bottom line:
As proven by several reliable sources Vitor was not on TRT when he fought Anderson Silva. Fanboys might claim Vitor was still on roids but the same can be said about Anderson, who is also a proven steroid user. Not only Vitor was not on TRT, but he was also coming off a shoulder surgery and a long layoff.
Anderson might have fought one of the worst versions of Vitor, pre TRT.
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Oh wow,another Anderson hate thread from Claude.
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the trt vitor photos have extreme sharpening applied to them, where the non trt photos dont have the same.... lighting completely different, too.
trt or not wouldnt have protected that chin, AS was on another striking level.
trt or not wouldnt have protected that chin, AS was on another striking level.
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Believe the NSAC director then.
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Unfortunately all of this is reliant upon Vitor being completely honest about when he started his TRT.
The problem is that when he first mentioned that he was undergoing the therapy Vitor's own timeline seemed to coincide with the Silva fight. The fact that Vitor was using testosterone didn't come out until he did an interview about it afterwards. By then he was fighting in Brazil and as far as anyone knows didn't have to apply for any type of exemption while fighting there.
Truthfully no one knows for sure just when Vitor started except for him and his doctor.
None of this really matters though. Vitor got wrecked by Anderson and much later on got nailed for overdoing it with the TRT. In fact I think that Vitor might have been the case that finally made the ACCs realize that TRT was being abused by the fighters. In that respect I personally thank Vitor for helping to put that shit to rest.
The problem is that when he first mentioned that he was undergoing the therapy Vitor's own timeline seemed to coincide with the Silva fight. The fact that Vitor was using testosterone didn't come out until he did an interview about it afterwards. By then he was fighting in Brazil and as far as anyone knows didn't have to apply for any type of exemption while fighting there.
Truthfully no one knows for sure just when Vitor started except for him and his doctor.
None of this really matters though. Vitor got wrecked by Anderson and much later on got nailed for overdoing it with the TRT. In fact I think that Vitor might have been the case that finally made the ACCs realize that TRT was being abused by the fighters. In that respect I personally thank Vitor for helping to put that shit to rest.
