Matt Riddle blows the whole cover off of the UFC

pulledclear · 03-05-13, 12:55 AM

If you can listen to this half assed aknad for more then 10 seconds your brain dead.

Sacrelicious · 03-05-13, 01:20 AM

I'm going to listen to MMA hour in a few hours after I finishing watching a movie,

I think we all know this essentially true,

That being said, this opens a huge niche for Bellator.

gabe · 03-05-13, 01:26 AM

Originally posted by pulledclear

If you can listen to this half assed aknad for more then 10 seconds your brain dead.

learn the difference between your and you're

pulledclear · 03-05-13, 01:38 AM

I THINK YOU GET THE HINT. MAYBE NOT.....

sideloaded · 03-05-13, 02:29 AM

Originally posted by pulledclear

I THINK YOU GET THE HINT. MAYBE NOT.....

take a hike

Boxscout · 03-05-13, 02:42 AM

On the MMA radio show here in Vegas, they were saying NSAC actually does have an exemption for medical MJ users, which, of course, Riddle was. He just never asked for one. It's not clear that it would have been granted, but probably worth a shot.

bogbat · 03-05-13, 02:48 AM

I'm listening now.

He said that they found increased levels of creatine in his system and that is one of the reasons that he thinks they may be manipulating his drug test because he hasn't taken creatine since he was 16.

This is hilarious. The UFC do not care if he supplements creatine. He is probably looking at the creatinine clearance results, which is a test to determine kidney function. High levels of creatine in the urine could mean several things. but the most likely cause in his situation is from the stress put on the kidneys from the wight cut.

EDIT> lol, I was still listening when I typed that and he went full retard, "How did creatine get in there maaan?" Everyone's muscle cells create creatine lol You'd think he would at least google it before spouting off on the MMA Hour.

Vaughany · 03-05-13, 03:49 AM

ha yeah the creatine bit was funyn

pouyasophy · 03-05-13, 08:21 AM

this is very interesting...the UFC has had integrity issues in the past....will be interesting to see how this unfolds

Kermit · 03-05-13, 09:18 AM

He said that he would beat his kids of he couldn't smoke pot. He is a loser and a C level fighter with striking that only makes Corky from Life Goes On jealous. He is still in denial that he was cut from the UFC and they will never call him back. The Lay on your opponent for 3 rounds and do nothing days are over, and I am not sad to see them go.

The iron sheik · 03-05-13, 03:53 PM

Originally posted by bogbat

I'm listening now.

He said that they found increased levels of creatine in his system and that is one of the reasons that he thinks they may be manipulating his drug test because he hasn't taken creatine since he was 16.

This is hilarious. The UFC do not care if he supplements creatine. He is probably looking at the creatinine clearance results, which is a test to determine kidney function. High levels of creatine in the urine could mean several things. but the most likely cause in his situation is from the stress put on the kidneys from the wight cut.

EDIT> lol, I was still listening when I typed that and he went full retard, "How did creatine get in there maaan?" Everyone's muscle cells create creatine lol You'd think he would at least google it before spouting off on the MMA Hour.

They measure creatinine levels to verify samples, they measure it to catch cheaters who try to dilute samples with excessive water drinking etc.

Vaughany · 03-05-13, 05:14 PM

Originally posted by Kermit

He said that he would beat his kids of he couldn't smoke pot. He is a loser and a C level fighter with striking that only makes Corky from Life Goes On jealous. He is still in denial that he was cut from the UFC and they will never call him back. The Lay on your opponent for 3 rounds and do nothing days are over, and I am not sad to see them go.

lol he wasnt being serious dude

hobbesITD · 03-05-13, 05:18 PM

You'd think Dana would love a fighter whose MMA base is boxercise.

bogbat · 03-06-13, 12:43 AM

Originally posted by The iron sheik

They measure creatinine levels to verify samples, they measure it to catch cheaters who try to dilute samples with excessive water drinking etc.

True, I forgot all about that. Creatinine is also measured to test liver function but they don't care about that, at least not for this test.

Imsmarterthanu · 03-06-13, 12:51 AM

funny how they cut guys for smoking weed but are sponsored by companies like bud light and burger king both of which are worst for you than weed is. I still don't understand what weed has to do with fighting and what the correlation is. 20 years from now they will look back at how stupid they were for punishing fighters for smoking weed and how stupid it is to justify it by labeling it performance enhancing. The only people that say these kinds of things are people who never smoke weed.

Kermit · 03-06-13, 10:19 AM

They don't cut guys who smoke weed. They use the weed smoking as an excuse to cut guys who are not very good. If the UFC was some kind of anti-weed smoking organization, Joe Rogan and the Diaz brothers would not be there.

Fighting while high could offer a disadvantage or advantage to the fighter who may potentially be stoned or partially stoned. Now these fighters could have the weed in their system from prior week's use that isn't affecting them what so ever in a fight, but there is no way to tell if they were high at the time of the fight other than stay clean.

Medicinal Marijuana is primarily used to relieve pain. So I certainly wouldn't want to be fighting a guy who just toked up prior to the walkout.

gabe · 03-06-13, 11:36 AM

Originally posted by Kermit

They don't cut guys who smoke weed. They use the weed smoking as an excuse to cut guys who are not very good. If the UFC was some kind of anti-weed smoking organization, Joe Rogan and the Diaz brothers would not be there.

Fighting while high could offer a disadvantage or advantage to the fighter who may potentially be stoned or partially stoned. Now these fighters could have the weed in their system from prior week's use that isn't affecting them what so ever in a fight, but there is no way to tell if they were high at the time of the fight other than stay clean.

Medicinal Marijuana is primarily used to relieve pain. So I certainly wouldn't want to be fighting a guy who just toked up prior to the walkout.

I don't think the UFC needs an excuse to cut him. If they wanted, I believe they could have cut him over a year ago. But I guess he didn't fight boring back then.

Imsmarterthanu · 03-06-13, 01:09 PM

Originally posted by Kermit

They don't cut guys who smoke weed. They use the weed smoking as an excuse to cut guys who are not very good. If the UFC was some kind of anti-weed smoking organization, Joe Rogan and the Diaz brothers would not be there.

Fighting while high could offer a disadvantage or advantage to the fighter who may potentially be stoned or partially stoned. Now these fighters could have the weed in their system from prior week's use that isn't affecting them what so ever in a fight, but there is no way to tell if they were high at the time of the fight other than stay clean.

Medicinal Marijuana is primarily used to relieve pain. So I certainly wouldn't want to be fighting a guy who just toked up prior to the walkout.

Medical Marijuana isn't going to block pain any more than adrenaline already does in a fight trust me I know all about medical marijuana it doesn't stop the pain of getting elbowed on your eye socket getting kicked in the shins. It's not morphine or something like that. I agree with the former not the latter. There is no difference between Medical Marijuana and Marijuana, Medical Marijuana is just a name they put out there to legitimize the business of selling marijuana.

The iron sheik · 03-06-13, 01:17 PM

Well, I guess while waiting for that magical day that it'll be legalized, you could always be a person of normal cognition and not botch yourself out of a job.

Kermit · 03-06-13, 06:47 PM

If a fighter smoking marijuana and fighting buzzed will not affect his performance at all, then what is the reason for getting high in the first place? I cannot imagine that it wouldn't have some type of effect on him.

Boxscout · 03-06-13, 09:54 PM

In helps him with some sort of psychological problems.

Bradbatross · 03-06-13, 10:22 PM

Originally posted by Kermit

If a fighter smoking marijuana and fighting buzzed will not affect his performance at all, then what is the reason for getting high in the first place? I cannot imagine that it wouldn't have some type of effect on him.

It's not like he smoke before the fight, he wasn't high during the fight.

Kermit · 03-06-13, 10:40 PM

Originally posted by Bradbatross

It's not like he smoke before the fight, he wasn't high during the fight.

I know that, like I said in post #17, there is no way to tell though if a guy is fighting clean or not other than them not doing it at all.

Kermit · 03-06-13, 10:40 PM

Originally posted by Boxscout

In helps him with some sort of psychological problems.

LOL. Yeah, he found a loophole just like Nick Diaz.

Boxscout · 03-06-13, 11:22 PM

Maybe, but probably not. I smoke it for similar reasons. What you need to understand is that people don't usually turn to pills, pot and booze on a daily basis just because they want to have fun all the time and lack discipline. Seems particularly unlikely for someone with enough discipline to be a pro fighter. Generally they do it because they normally feel bad. Unhappiness of some kind is their default state. Anxious, depressed, whatever. For some people, pot is the most effective way of dealing with those problems. It's pretty ****** up to make someone chose between their livelihood and their mental health. Though, again, he should have at least tried to get the exemption.