TRT är nu förbjudet i Las Vegas och resten av delstaten Nevada, fighters gör nu sina röster hörda om ämnet.
Det blev nyligen känt att Nevadas atletiska kommission (NSAC) förbjudit testosteronersättningsterapi (TRT). Vare sig fighters var för det, mot det, eller använde sig av det själva, så innebär det en stor förändring i delstaten Nevada, fär många stora matcher går av stapeln.
MMA-fighters har delat med sig av sina åsikter om TRT-förbudet, som ni kan se nedan.
Den i dagsläget pensionerade Brian Stann såg förbudet komma.
“I knew the day would come at some point that we would wake up and realize how ridiculous it is (to grant TUEs for TRT),” berättade Stann för MMA Junkie
“We depend on multiple organizations to support the sport, from the UFC to Bellator to World Series of Fighting, to athletic commissions, to the press. We’re all part of bringing the sport further, and this is a huge step.
“When you’ve got major media outlets comparing us to major sports and we’re smaller, and we’ve got something like this staining us, it’s huge that they got it taken care of before something happened, like what happened in Major League Baseball.”
Tim Kennedy hade en betydligt mer avslappnad inställning, men är nöjd med förbudet.
“I don’t care,” sa Kennedy. “I hope they leave. I’ve always said if you failed a steroid test, I thought it was ridiculous that you could get a TRT exemption, let alone continue to fight in the sport. In cycling, if you fail a steroid test, you can have a lifetime ban from the sport. This is a step in the right direction, but athletes that have tested positive for anabolic steroids, they need to go away and stop dirtying our sport.”
Tungviktaren Travis Browne menar att alla är olika, och därav har olika testosteronnivåer. Det innebär dock inte att han anser att TRT är rättvist.
“We’re all physically build different, and that’s part of our bodies (with) our testosterone levels,” berättade hawaiianen. “I want an 84-inch reach. But at the end of the day, I can’t get it. Just because something is available to you in a synthetic form doesn’t mean that it’s OK to take it. If you want the fight to be completely fair, it’s not about raising the testosterone levels to what you think is fair. Your body produces a certain level. Your levels are at those levels for a reason.
“The way that it was argued (with the NSAC) was a health issue. For me, I’m not about someone not being healthy. But when it comes to competition, I don’t feel like you should be able to use (TRT). There are guys that party, smoke weed, and do whatever else they want to do. But on fight night, you’re not allowed to do that stuff. You need to be you on fight night.
“If you’re going through your life and you have low testosterone and you’re having problems with your health or your marriage, that’s fine. Do it in your normal life. But not in the cage. Not in the octagon.”
Flera andra fighters släppte kortare uttalande via Twitter.
Isaac Vallie-Flagg: ”Shit looks like I will have to retire earlier than 65 now!”
Vinny Magalhaes: TRT is finally banned, now we can only hope that 1 day we will have Olympic level drug screening in MMA. So we can catch the EPO, HGH users
Derek Brunson: ”No more TRT . ”Yes my 400lb bench is going to come in handy now !!! #MMA”
Joe Lauzon: ”I’m okay with the Nevada Commission banning TRT… But if they start checking ice cream levels I am going to be really upset. #MMA #UFC @ufc”
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