Why do MMA fans defend PED users?

[danny23]

You'll not see it in any other sport.
When another major sport's athlete are busted for PEDs you'd see the fans, pundits and the entire sport shame them and turn on them. They'll likely be shunned from the sport and any all time great talks with their careers being tainted and questioned in entirety.

Yet, in MMA when a fighter is busted fans make absurd and quite pathetic excuses for them.

"Everyone's on them".
"It was dick pills".
" Someone spiked their drink"

Even worse is when fanboys defend disgraced "legends" like Silva and Jones and still consider them among all time greats.
"Still GOAT". They're both frauds and not legends.


Olympians who are caught cheating are stripped off their medals.
Lance Armstrong isn't considered a legend and was stripped off his titles.
If some major athlete like Bolt, Federer, Phelps or Messi were busted then they wouldn't be considered legends of their sports.

But we only see this in MMA where cheaters are held at a pedestal when it should be the opposite.

 

[BJ@LW&WW]

because sherdoggers and the overall mma 'fanbase' are morons as a whole.

 

[george14]

Because Silva and Jones fans feel the need to validate their GOAT arguments by bashing GSP and Fedor.


@ me mother fuckers.

 

[ThatGuy7698]

because sherdoggers and the overall mma 'fanbase' are morons as a whole.

 

[Fedor>Cain]

because sherdoggers and the overall mma 'fanbase' are morons as a whole.

I'd argue that the people who get up in arms about PED users are morons.

Oh look, this guy took PEDs. Let's strip him and give the belt to somebody else who's on PEDs!

Sports fans are naive about how common PED usage is in even high school sports. Let alone, professionals with millions on the line.

 

[Aegon Spengler]

Because GSP isn't on roids. So roids are good now + he's on them.

 

[ortizgnp]

Because people with common sense know that PEDs and professional sports go hand in hand.

Can't do shit about it.

 

[Philtard]

Everyone is doping. Watch project icarus.

Everyone at the highest level. They just don't get caught.

 

[Mondo Freaks]

Have you ever talked to a Barry Bond fan?

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Because PEDS is prevalent across all sports. All those people you listed have a high chance of being on PEDS even if they passed Olympic testing.

The problem with people pointing out cheaters in MMA is when they say one fighter is a cheater and then make bold claims regarding their favorite fighter never taking PEDS and are clean. Ie GSP fans. GSP never failed a test before.. he's clean guys; in a sport dominated by massive drug users with limited testing up until like a few years ago. That's some special logic right there.

But of course it never stopped them from accusing Johnny Hendricks of using roids.

 

[ramair455]

The UFC's war on PEDs' will prove be as futile as America's "war on drugs" in the 80s.

 

[Kirin]

I'd argue that the people who get up in arms about PED users are morons.

Oh look, this guy took PEDs. Let's strip him and give the belt to somebody else who's on PEDs!

Sports fans are naive about how common PED usage is in even high school sports. Let alone, professionals with millions on the line.

Based on your claim (with zero evidence to support it), why have people like jones and silva popped multiple times, while cormier, st pierre, et all have not even tested positive for anything a single time?
"Everyone is on them" is a bullshit excuse, propagated by nut-huggers of fighters who would be irrelevant in the sport if it weren't for peds.

Perhaps most fighters use peds, I have no evidence to contradict that statement, other than the fighters not testing positive, however that at least leads one to believe guys like jones and silva were more dependent on them than their competition to be caught more than once.

 

[jenspulverizer]

You'll not see it in any other sport.
When another major sport's athlete are busted for PEDs you'd see the fans, pundits and the entire sport shame them and turn on them. They'll likely be shunned from the sport and any all time great talks with their careers being tainted and questioned in entirety.

Yet, in MMA when a fighter is busted fans make absurd and quite pathetic excuses for them.

"Everyone's on them".
"It was dick pills".
" Someone spiked their drink"

Even worse is when fanboys defend disgraced "legends" like Silva and Jones and still consider them among all time greats.
"Still GOAT". They're both frauds and not legends.


Olympians who are caught cheating are stripped off their medals.
Lance Armstrong isn't considered a legend and was stripped off his titles.
If some major athlete like Bolt, Federer, Phelps or Messi were busted then they wouldn't be considered legends of their sports.

But we only see this in MMA where cheaters are held at a pedestal when it should be the opposite.

Sometimes when you have empathy, and put yourself into another person's shoes you quickly realize the world isn't so black and white. That said hate away!

 

[Muppettoker]

“Because it’s not the PEDs it’s all the hard work they put in!”
-sherdogger who takes loads of steroids themselves and prob flattens guys in the gym and is in denial about how much the steroids help.

 

[Toco]

in other sports t hey have the decency to not have tough drug testing, so the only ones that get caught are the amateur ones. they also have way less strict punishment

also you're completely naive if you think sports in general aren't filled with PED users

 

[Al3s]

Based on your claim (with zero evidence to support it), why have people like jones and silva popped multiple times, while cormier, st pierre, et all have not even tested positive for anything a single time?

Racism

 

[danny23]

Sometimes when you have empathy, and put yourself into another person's shoes you quickly realize the world isn't so black and white. That said hate away!

People who cheat their way to the top don't deserve respect.

 

[Philtard]

I think most people want to be surprised athletes that can perform super human feats whilst competing with others test positive. Because everything is perfect rainbows and sunshine.

The real world at top end competition at any level be it sports or business or acting is cut throat and people will go the extra mile for that edge. Realists see that.

 

[JBJISGOAT]

Well everybody in pride most likely doped so they cannot be included in GOAT talks, not fair to the current landscape of fighters that go through testing. Like I have always said…clean goat = GSP and overall goat = jones. Not debatable.

 

[Philtard]

Well everybody in pride most likely doped so they cannot be included in GOAT talks, not fair to the current landscape of fighters that go through testing. Like I have always said…clean goat = GSP and overall goat = jones. Not debatable.

Yea. But they didn't test positive did they?