The Smell Test at UFN 74
The use of PEDs can be so pervasive that under the new PED testing regimen, some fighters are being noticed for NOT being on PEDs – they smell clean.
UFC VP of Athlete Health and Performance Jeff Novitzky appeared recently on The Joe Rogan Experience and explained that how an athlete looks, what he termed a smell test, is one tool USADA could use in determining the frequency of PED tests. The use of PEDs can be so pervasive that under the new PED testing regimen, some fighters are being noticed for NOT being on PEDs – they smell clean.
Charlie Brenneman @SpaniardMMA
Dang Silva lookin soft in this one.
Derek Brunson @DerekBrunson
Erick Silva went from Mr. Baywatch to Dad bod ?? #UFCSaskatoon
Kenny Florian @kennyflorian
Silva definitely looks very different physically. Looking sloppy with his technique tonight as well. #UFCSaskatoon
Truck Gordon @TruckMMA_UFC
Someone is off the sauce #justsaying
David Michaud @bulldawgUFC
It’s weird seeing how different some guys bodies have been looking since their last fights
Silva offered an alternative explanation, via Instagram.
“Honestly, I did not like my performance, and was overcome, I was embarrassed by my performance, my body, I know that I am much more than that Erick who presented yesterday, my main mistake was insisting on fighting, and put not only my ‘head’ in play as my coaches and my doctors did their best as far as possible so that I at least was the fight. was not a good month for me, more so nobody else wants to know and is not nobody else’s problem, I made ??a ridiculous performance and deserved to lose, I paid the price for it. So I can only affirm and ensure that the next time I set foot in that Octagon again will be 100-percent physically uninjured, and with the full training period, otherwise do like everyone does, cancel the fight. I also want to thanks all who are with me in defeat and in victory, make sure that the amount whose support is greater than he who lays down.”
Translation via MMAMania.
