It’s almost unfair how much attention the media and especially the government have given performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball when there are other sporting leagues and organizations desperately in need of congressional intervention. I mean, how many NBA players have to be busted smoking the pot before the Vatican and Interpol organize a hard target investigation? But today’s latest PED scandal is in the world of mixed martial arts, as some fighters are apparently using canned oxygen as the spinach to their Popeye.
For example, the latest culprits are Muhammed “King Mo” Luwal and KJ Noons, who very openly used compressed oxygen during their respective fights at Strikeforce: Houston on Saturday night. Noons was victorious over his opponent Jorge Gurgel, which would lead us to believe that cheaters always win. Unfortunately, King Mo bucked that trend by losing his light heavyweight title after Rafael Cavalcante scored the TKO in the third round. I know, I know. I totally had King Mo in my Strikeforce: Houston pool this weekend, too. What a letdown.
Put me in a rear naked choke, Fightlinker:
What’s so bad about oxygen during a fight, I mean don’t we breathe the sh*t everyday? Well pure or nearly pure oxygen makes it so people can climb Mount Everest or swim 300 feet underwater… kinda super human achievements wouldn’t you say? Oxygen is forbidden inside the cage and until recently banned by the World Anti Doping Agency.
Canned oxygen is actually banned in every professional sport, but Strikeforce: Houston doesn’t really test its fighters for PEDs, and apparently nobody cares when the organization’s fighters are caught openly using the banned substances on live television. But just because we love celebrating cheaters who lose, here’s video of King Mo being rewarded for using a banned substance:
Meanwhile, if you’re a fan of MMA and are moving to the greater Orlando, FL area soon, these guys may have just the deal for you and your love of roughhousing. How can you beat that sweet deal?
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Who fucking knew that air was a PED? President Skroob is screwed.
Oh man, I saw “ped scandal” and thought maybe Chael Sonnen pissed on a 14 year old girl.
Compressed oxygen? Who the fuck cares? If it’s not illegal, let ‘em use it.
Air is not 100% oxygen. Air is 78% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.038% carbon dioxide, trace amounts of other gases, and a variable amount (average around 1%) of water vapor. Compressed 100% oxygen is very different from compressed air. One who breathes 100% oxygen in a fight or race is going to perform as though one is continually fresh, and thus has a grossly unfair advantage over an opponent.
How are they gonna test for this one?
MMA isn’t an aerobic activity in any event.
It’s mostly anerobic and clearance of metoboites is the main drag, not having enough o2. But if they feel it helps them recover, why not?
Pot and O2… really… This is hardly a scandal and I highly doubt anyone cares. You see football players huffing that stuff all the time on the sidelines. Slow news day, huh?
So what the hell are those fat fucks in the NFL inhaling on the sidelines? John Madden underwear fumes?
Woody Harrelson used to charge idiots 20-25$ to suck on some Oxygen for a few mins a few years ago.
This scandal is about just as interesting as that.
Get kneed in the head or elbowed in the face while a guy is on top of you and then tell me how much the oxygen is helping you.
I got 20 bucks that says that you can suck all you want on it, it wont stop that knee from scrambling your brains.
Heck, just take a look at Mo in round 3, you will see that the oxygen isnt helping with those knees of Feijao.
What is the difference between MMA fighters breathing pure oxygen between rounds and running backs breathing oxygen after a particularly long and/or difficult run? Breathing oxygen will help you recover more quickly, but once you stop breathing it, it does not confer any long lasting effects.