Five MMA Fighters Who Might Want To Avoid Drug Tests

All natural or steroids? You decide…

Steroid abuse in mixed martial arts has been rampant for years. It’s hard to admit when a sport you love has it’s history somewhat exposed, but that’s what’s steadily been happening over the last few years.

Cast your mind back to the days of Pride FC and the UFC in the 1990’s. You had muscle bound animals destroying each other with vascular arms that looked like tree trunks. OK, it was fun to watch, but let’s not ignore the obvious here.

A lot has changed since the dark ages of the UFC, back when guys like Ken Shamrock ruled the MMA world. But it was only in the last two years, since the United States Anti Doping Agency entered the scene, that we really saw how commonplace steroids were.

In partnership with the UFC and led by Jeff Novitsky, USADA looked to clean up the sport of mixed martial arts. All of a sudden legends like Anderson Silva and many others were popping for performance enhancing drugs.

*Ed note: This article is purely speculative and does not intend to directly imply or accuse any fighters of PED or illicit drug use. Hey, it’s a bit of fun Mr. Lawyer, untwist those panties…

So let’s take a look at five HUGE MMA fighters who might want to avoid that drug test…

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