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MMAScoops.com: Major Exclusive Randy Couture/Drug News Inside
Posted by MMAScoops.com Staff on 10/02/07 at 6:48 PM

Randy “The Natural” Couture has been quoted as saying that there’s a “Steroid witch hunt” with him in the crosshairs. ONE DAY before UFC 74, Joe Rogan, the UFC’s color commentator, added fuel to this fire when he did a guest spot on ESPNEWS to promote the Pay-Per-View event by claiming that Couture had undergone “hormone replacement therapy” and applauded what modern science could do for older fighters.

The single biggest catastrophe that the UFC could face would be a steroid controversy surrounding one not only it’s World Heavyweight Champion, but one of it’s most popular and well-known fighters. A catastrophe that could spell not just the end of the MMA “revolution”, but the end of the UFC as we know it.

Let us not forget, by the way, that “Hormone replacement therapy” is still steroids. If it’s true, so be it; Couture did it to himself. If it’s not true, shame on Joe Rogan for tainting one of the promotions top fighters. Steroids, in this day and age, are no laughing matter. They are taken as seriously as any other allegation in today’s sports world.

The UFC’s hands are tied to a certain degree as well. They can only test before a fight and not in the weeks spent training. If a fighter knows exactly how long a certain chemical takes to leave his or her body, they can take whatever they like and do as they please as long as they’re clean when they test, both before the fight and after. I applaud the UFC’s drug policy and it’s strict repercussions a positive test incurs, but in some ways the system could be changed for the better without impeding a fighters training.

The UFC must, after all, be sure that none of it’s current Champions are ’roid users. They must also make sure that no NEW Champion is a ’roid user, either. The UFC has an obligation to itself to make sure that each and every fight is as clean as it can possibly be.

[BIG FLO]

Hmm, I don't really know what to think. Rogan better not say something like that unless he knows it's a fact..I want to hear what Randy has to say. To be honest, it wouldn't really surprise me if it's true that he's had this procedure done. It sucks, but unfortunately it's a part of this day and age in sports.

[Ramma]

I used to really like Rogan.. he has been saying a lot of stupid stuff lately.

[Noise Chopped]

Originally Posted by Ramma

I used to really like Rogan.. he has been saying a lot of stupid stuff lately.

I feel the exact same way.

[Boo]

Did anyone hear Rogan say this? It's hard to believe he would say something so stupid when he is is "promoting" a MMA event.


P.S. Randy gets caught taking steroids and I'm taking my toys and going home.

[Rufio]

I think he means where old guys get a doctor to prescribe them testosterone and HGH to regain some of the energy of their youth. Natural test and HGH levels decline every year after age 25 if I'm remembering correctly, so older guys can get prescribed a moderate amount of synthetic test and HGH to get some youthful vigor and recovery time back.

[Howie]

i dont think that rogan would say this in a negative manner or to incriminate couture. maybe it is being taken out of contexT?

[da@LARGE]

As men get older, their body produces less and less testosterone. Many choose to take testosterone supplements to make up for this - to increase stamina, or sex drive. Doctors sometimes prescribe it because a person's body is producing dangerously low levels as he ages.

I'm not sure whether this would count as doping, because it's a fact that Couture's body would be producing less testosterone (which builds muscle mass) than a younger fighter.

So whereas steroids and HGH create an unequal playing field, in Couture's case it's probably putting him on the same level as the other fighters.

[Bullock]

Like others have said already, there is literally no way Rogan would say something like this about Couture when promoting one of his fights.

If he did, I don't think Dana would keep him around.

[thumper]

ahhhh. you know what. you just triggered it da@large.

He didn't say it about couture come to think about it. He was referring to old guys in spots and how cool it was they could compete later in life than he remembered as a kid (like someone as old as randy was an ancient age when he was a teenager). he mentioned randy, baseball players etc and said he had done hormone replacement.

Now that I remember, it's a big sweep from taking that and saying he accused randy.

He was talking in generalities, and mentioned himself in hormone replacement