Comments on: Karo Parisyan Issued Nine-Month Suspension, Bout Changed to No Contest

By: grey419

grey419 — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:29:42 +0000

While I have no clue about the medication that Karo was on, prescription medications can also act as masking agents. For example, Propecia. Propecia is a prescription hair-growth medication, but it also acts as a masking agent allowing an athlete to try and mask steroids in drug tests through the presence of Propecia. (For more info, google ‘Jose Theodore positive drug test’)

I wish that more sports and organizations, including the UFC, would get tough on steroids. I would love to see the UFC administer their own random drug tests to any fighter under contract including during a fighter’s ‘off season’. Athletes often use steroids in their training period and are off of them prior to their competitive event. That coupled with a long term (five year) or lifetime ban for fighters caught doping would be a great start to cleaning up the sport.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:19:27 +0000

Test results take time. Just like Floyd Landis won the Tour de France a few years ago, then had it stripped later because he failed a test that was administered days before the conclusion of the race. Basically, they’re not getting instantaneous results. For MMA the testing leaves a lot to be desired, so far they only test on fight night, and maybe one random test at some other point in the year, while in cycling Lance Armstrong just underwent his 24th round of testing since August.

By: chrisl

chrisl — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:16:48 +0000

windmiller- takes time to test for certain levels of drugs, certain ones take longer to test for. You can do a preliminary test and that’ll tell you if they are in there then at a massive amount(taking it day of, etc.) but the full test takes longer than a day. Now why do they not test a few weeks before in addition to the weigh-in test, and then after? good question.

By: windmiller

windmiller — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:00:29 +0000

Why if they test them bofore, there isn’t anyone busted before the fight?

By: bubba

bubba — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:44:35 +0000

good video justin

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:42:22 +0000

I have posted a video in the forums that relates to the steroids issue.

By: chrisl

chrisl — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:37:41 +0000

I believe it has something to do w/ the fact this(testing) is a medical issue. The NJ rules(ones that provided the basis for all MMA/ boxing rules) state that a fighter must submit to a physical exam before and after if the urinalysis before the fight reveals drugs(even at a later date) then technically the license was never acquired and so therefore the fight “never happened” due to the lack of a license, what happens after i.e. fine, suspension, outcome of the fight, is up to the Athletic commission pending a hearing. DQ’s are only for intentional fouls (correct me if I am wrong) in the ring.

granted it is kind of contradictory but that’s how it appears to me.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:21:03 +0000

That’s a good question. I can see not making Sherk’s win over Franca a no contest since Franca got busted too. The only other one I can think of that happened recently is Antonio Silva, and I don’t know why they didn’t change that. One thing to point out though, both of those happened in California and not Nevada… maybe Nevada would have made it a no contest. I don’t know.

By: windmiller

windmiller — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:10:55 +0000

or a “DQ”

By: windmiller

windmiller — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:10:27 +0000

why don’t they make it a “NC” when the winner has taken steroids?