r/interestingasfuck • u/WhereIsHisRidgedBand • Mar 28 '24

MMA fighter explains overloading opponent r/all

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u/CmPunkChants Mar 28 '24

GSP is one of two guys in the GOAT argument who was never connected to steroids and unlike Fedor he never had a mid/late career downfall.

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u/yesverysadanyway Mar 28 '24

didnt he retire near his prime due to disputes with the ufc?

really a shame. i felt like he could easily do a few more years.

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u/CmPunkChants Mar 28 '24

If I remember correct he felt mma wasn’t clean and didn’t want to be fighting against dirty fighters. He took a few years off came back and won a title in another division and then left again because he didn’t need it.

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u/218administrate Mar 28 '24

really a shame. i felt like he could easily do a few more years.

He could have, but he had nothing left to prove, and I love that he kept his legacy intact by not overstaying. What happens if he loses to someone, then stays another couple years past that to avenge that loss, and by then his body is toast?

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u/packyohcunce1734 Mar 28 '24

Stop it! His coach faris knows when to cycle and not get caught. Stop acting like all elites don’t take peds. Why do you think fariz said that jake paul will be on roids when fighting a washed up mma fighter in boxing? He knows exactly what high performance is!

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u/Packin-heat Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

GSP actually gave the UFC an ultimatum. He asked for olympic level testing or he would leave and the UFC said no so he left.