Why do people seem to hate and not forgive some fighters for PEDs but....

[nostradumbass]

Nobody really cares about King Mo.

Meanwhile, the white guys seem to catch less flak. Not acknowledging it doesn't make it less true.

Clearly this is a race issue and people are just picking on Cyborg and Vitor because they're black. Where were you when everyone said what a joke/cheater Chael was? The more high profile you are, the more people talk about ANYTHING you do. People don't talk about journeymen failing a test as much because they aren't relevant.

 

[TheShogunner]

how many of those you named were in conversation for goat? I think anderson is getting besmirched mainly because of his reputation and is resume. If Lebron popped for roids and also someone like JR Smith popped, who do you think would get more criticism? The athlete that is better and more well know.

exactly. noone gives a sh*t about the second list, which is why noone cares nor talks about it

 

[FrontNakedChoke]

how many of those you named were in conversation for goat? I think anderson is getting besmirched mainly because of his reputation and is resume. If Lebron popped for roids and also someone like JR Smith popped, who do you think would get more criticism? The athlete that is better and more well know.

This. Andersons story doesn't help either.

 

[Arqueiro Verde]

Everyone gets flak about it when it first happens the only ones who keeping getting flak are the ones we still care about.

 

[Toco]

i dont forgive his stupid PED defense (and ofc getting caught multiple times for the fight)

viagra smh

 

[LikeItIs]

I put an asterisk next to any fighter that gets popped.

 

[Pterodactyl]

The die-hard Rousey fans are hyper-sensitive about Cyborg, and desperately keep the steroid issue in their arsenals as a weapon to portray Cyborg as unworthy of fighting their hero and/or as evidence as to why Rousey can't take the fight outside of 135. I seriously doubt they are as pretentious about the countless other fighters who have pissed hot over the years.
It's comical how emotional these folks get over the subject of Cyborg.

Silva has had haters for years who have been dying to find a reason to discredit him, and they are making up for a decade of disappointment with his losses to Weidman and now the PEDs.

The hate Belfort gets isn't as clear, but he too has always been a pretty high-profile, polarizing guy whose fans as well as haters tend to be pretty extreme.

Most of these people are just bitter keyboard warriors who would be juiced to the gills themselves if they woke up in the same position as the very people they spew hate at on the internet. If their livelihoods depended on succeeding a combat sport where a huge percentage of their competition were on PEDs. If the decision whether or not to take PEDs would have a major impact on their abilities to provide for their families.

 

[Perrichet]

I just knew this thread was going to be based around Anderson.

All those fighters you named get/got abuse aswell. It's funny that all of a sudden PED use isn't as bad now Anderson got busted when his fans would bring it up all the time regarding Sonnen.

Anderson probably is getting more abuse for it and that isn't surprising. He's of a higher profile, spoke out against PED's, and can't even admit to taking them.

 

[jjjjjjjjjjohnny]

i thought it was tainted viagra for anderson?

 

[Shaddows]

....give others a pass all the time? For example Anderson is getting destroyed and basically people saying his legend is tarnished. People hate Vitor and bring up PEDs all the time. People will NEVER forgive Cyborg for her steroids.

Yet nobody gives a crap about guys like Barnett, Chael, King Mo, Leben, Nate M., Rothwell.

Is it just b/c some of the people are more well known or higher up the ladder?

Haters.
Or people whom have their fan favorites who probably lost to those guys.
Or they want to protect their fans from ever fighting those guys, so they need to constantly attack the one thing they can use... even if it happened once years ago and those guys are found to be clean after that.

Look at TRE
Vitor is constantly attacked.
Mir, Hendo, Sonnen.... nothing.

(Anderson or Wanderlei) Silva's legacy tarnished! But give props to the various fighters who were caught and yet PED is never mentioned when talking about their careers....:redface:

 

[Agnawedbone]

Personally, unlike anyone else on that list I actually respect Anderson so it bothers me more that he cheated. I don't care about the rest.

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

Xenophobia, nuthuggers, or some other personal issue.

 

[Taric]

Sherdog is fun. They love PRIDE but hate PEDs.