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How different would the rankings be, historically speaking?
No one truly knows how prevalent steroid use is in mma, but we know that a lot of people use it, while some fighters seem to clearly be clean.
Exhibit A: Michael Bisping. He fought against several people who all got caught cheating, while himself being clean (IMO). His main strengths we're his mind and his cardio - imagine how good he would be if he also had extra testosterone.
Exhibit B: Alexander Gustafsson. He is clearly clean, and according to himself has a really hard time maintaining lean mass as soon as he enters training camp. He lost a razor close decision against Jones, a fighter who might very well have been on the juice. With extra mass and explosive power he might have been a destructive heavyweight.
Exhibit C: Daniel Cormier. I'll leave this one for you to figure out yourself.
DISCUSS
No one truly knows how prevalent steroid use is in mma, but we know that a lot of people use it, while some fighters seem to clearly be clean.
Exhibit A: Michael Bisping. He fought against several people who all got caught cheating, while himself being clean (IMO). His main strengths we're his mind and his cardio - imagine how good he would be if he also had extra testosterone.
Exhibit B: Alexander Gustafsson. He is clearly clean, and according to himself has a really hard time maintaining lean mass as soon as he enters training camp. He lost a razor close decision against Jones, a fighter who might very well have been on the juice. With extra mass and explosive power he might have been a destructive heavyweight.
Exhibit C: Daniel Cormier. I'll leave this one for you to figure out yourself.
DISCUSS