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I know that doping is probably more common in the sport than we all really know about. I know USADA has cleaned up the sport to a good extent, obviously there's still guys slipping through the net out there.
My question is, since USADA who would you say have been the biggest "victims" of USADA?
1. Renan Barao. Only like 5 years ago he was deemed the P4P fighter in the world. He's now 1-6 in his last 7 with one of his UFC losses to someone without a wikipedia page. I don't think just the TJ fight is the reason he hasn't had a victory in years.
2. Chris Weidman. Former MW champ. Beat the GOAT twice. Now 1-4 in his last fights. I know like Barao he's actually faced top quality fighters but lets not forget when he fought Vitor and the attention was all on TRT Vitor, didn't Weidman have abnormally high testosterone levels aswell?
3. Johnny Hendricks. Debatably beat one of the GOATS, had wars with Robbie and was KO'ing guys left right and centre. Now he's getting KO'd in bare knuckle fighting on the amateur circuit.
4. Bigfoot Silva. Previously got caught before USADA. Now he's won one fight since the Overeem fight in 2013. Not much more of an explanation I need to give on this one really.
5. Carlos Condit. I know this isn't going to be a popular choice, I feel guilty including him myself as he's one of my favourite fighters to watch but he's lost 5 in a row. While some of that could be attributed to the war with Robbie Lawler and 3 of the losses are via submission which was never Condit's greatest area. Watching him fight he doesn't seem to look anything remotely to the fighter we saw before. If not Condit then let's just go Hector Lombard because we know he's a cheat.
Open to other suggestions, would like to have a discussion with others about who else they think has declined the most and if it's down to USADA or if it's just a case of fighters declining in age.
My question is, since USADA who would you say have been the biggest "victims" of USADA?
1. Renan Barao. Only like 5 years ago he was deemed the P4P fighter in the world. He's now 1-6 in his last 7 with one of his UFC losses to someone without a wikipedia page. I don't think just the TJ fight is the reason he hasn't had a victory in years.
2. Chris Weidman. Former MW champ. Beat the GOAT twice. Now 1-4 in his last fights. I know like Barao he's actually faced top quality fighters but lets not forget when he fought Vitor and the attention was all on TRT Vitor, didn't Weidman have abnormally high testosterone levels aswell?
3. Johnny Hendricks. Debatably beat one of the GOATS, had wars with Robbie and was KO'ing guys left right and centre. Now he's getting KO'd in bare knuckle fighting on the amateur circuit.
4. Bigfoot Silva. Previously got caught before USADA. Now he's won one fight since the Overeem fight in 2013. Not much more of an explanation I need to give on this one really.
5. Carlos Condit. I know this isn't going to be a popular choice, I feel guilty including him myself as he's one of my favourite fighters to watch but he's lost 5 in a row. While some of that could be attributed to the war with Robbie Lawler and 3 of the losses are via submission which was never Condit's greatest area. Watching him fight he doesn't seem to look anything remotely to the fighter we saw before. If not Condit then let's just go Hector Lombard because we know he's a cheat.
Open to other suggestions, would like to have a discussion with others about who else they think has declined the most and if it's down to USADA or if it's just a case of fighters declining in age.
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