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I think you meant doping.
But ya we've all known this. Kickboxing is like how MMA was pre-USADA.
Speaking about that, y'all see how JACKED Buakaw looked in his fight yesterday?
Really shouldn’t be news to anyone. Half of these “heavyweights” in the Dutch kickboxing circuit were competing at 90 or even 85kg weight classes then gained 50 pounds and started having problems with wiping their own asses.
Drinking Romanian tapwater is a guaranteed positive doping test.You better hope they don't start testing in Romania
Most top-level athletes are on something and if you think otherwise you're naive af.
Cant find that much in english language press.. but hope Dimspace will keep track of it, he tweeted about it so I'm sure he will follow it.
This is a big moment for Euro combat sports, if Glory just cut ties with 'Antidoping Netherlands' and act like nothing happened then we are really in the dark ages.
The big question is.. Why the fuck did they hook up with antidoping in the first place!?
Its obvious at least half of them are on something.. and it looks (by eye-test..) worse than in comparative region mma.
Or maybe its not a choice like it isn't here in Sweden if you want to get you event licensed.
Edit: Ok, KrisDekkermma is up to speed, read his twitter for continuous updates.
even Canelo was caught on "contaminated meat"
Almost everyone is using something when even at the highest level of combat sports where there are serious anti doping organizations working full time, imagine on Kickboxing, that haves spread talent all over the place and deal with different models of business the whole time?
near to nothing is going to happen, people who follow the sport for ages are even suprised that they were tested man..You don't get it.... All that is beside the point.
It's about how Glory handles the case. The only right thing for Glory to do is to make a public statement, condemning the use of PEDs and go along with the suspension of the fighters. But what does Glory do? They try to sweep it under the rug and look the other way. The ISR doping organisation's contract was terminated AFTER the fighters were caugh. The ISR basically got the boot for doing their job! If Glory wants to save face it makes a public statement now.
No testing, no Glory events in Holland!!
And Canelo was suspended for eating "tampered meat"
Maybe don't advertise it openly like for example a fighter who's fought on the current K-1 Japan openly sold PEDs on their facebook...
near to nothing is going to happen, people who follow the sport for ages are even suprised that they were tested man..
The sport haves a long history with using of PEDs, maybe glory pronounces about it, maybe not, but it isnt going to change the fact of what happens and what is still going to happen.
Does anyone know what banned substance they were caught for?