Whether they do it to make themselves bigger, faster or stronger, or simply to help training injuries heal, far too many of the world's best fighters take the easy way out.
Performance-enhancing drug usage is pervasive in MMA. If it seems like there is a flood of positive tests, consider what it might be like if all state athletic commissions implemented random, unannounced testing.
The sheer number of cheaters who would be caught would dwarf anything that is going on now.
UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has been an outspoken critic of PED use by fighters. She has long been a fan of legendary former middleweight champion Anderson Silva and said the news that he'd tested positive for two anabolic steroids hit her hard.
"I was heartbroken to hear that," Rousey told Yahoo Sports. "I wanted to cry."
Rousey, a two-time U.S. Olympian and a bronze medalist in judo at the 2008 Games in Beijing, has long been outspoken in favor of stricter testing of MMA fighters.
She told Yahoo Sports that she believes that the first time a fighter tests positive for a performance-enhancing drug, he or she should not only be banned for one year, but also should forfeit 100 percent of his or her purse to the opponent.
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