Bloody Elbow reports comments made about UFC’s drug testing policy by former UFC welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre during a recent run-in with the media. GSP expressed disappointment with the company and stated that the UFC was a “monopoly”.
MMA Fighting has the comments from GSP (via BE):
“This is a relatively new sport. There’s one organization that has a monopoly, so the fighters don’t have much power. They can’t really talk because if one says what he thinks, he will get punished.”
To be clear, it’s unlikely that GSP means “monopoly” in the legal “we’re going to sue under section II of the Sherman Antitrust Act” sense based on reading his comments. More likely, he’s trying to describe the fact that the UFC gives no options for fighters with grievances.
Lorenzo Fertitta stated that he was “disappointed” with GSP’s comments according to a report by Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports. Fertitta added that he was in support of PED testing and that he would support a commission that would have its fighters be tested before and after fights.
Payout Perspective:
The UFC cannot be happy with GSP speaking out. On the other end, GSP was probably happy to oblige reporters with what he saw was a problem (i.e. drug testing in the UFC) but felt muted while under the UFC banner. Perhaps GSP thinks that speaking out will get the UFC to do something more about drug testing or maybe GSP knows he is not coming back anytime soon and wanted to get this issue off of his chest. With these comments, it will be interesting to see what impact this has with the appointment of the next Executive Director of the NSAC.
GSP is full of shit. Everyone agreed his partnership with the testing group was suspect. Hendricks agreed to the testing if he used a more reputable group that he doesn’t have connections with. GSP never agreed! GSP was up to no good here and everyone knew it. He was either profiting from using this group he had ties to. OR he could get by with using PE’s while his opponent couldn’t. Giving him a perpetual advantage over everyone of his opponents. He then tried to leverage the UFC to endorse his dishonest scheme.
Also, we all know this had nothing to do with his decision to leave. It had everything to do with the struggles he is having in the cage. He isn’t used to getting beat up and he wanted no part of Hendricks again and retirement was the only way to avoid that fight. Also by coming out with this and blaming it for his decision. He is all but calling Hendricks a cheater. Trying to act like that is why he got beat up. I cant explain how much respect I have lost for GPS in recent weeks!
GSP is just being a bitch to put it nicely. exactly what would the UFC do to him while under contract they cant do to him now? They would do nothing from his saying this with or without a contract. Fact is GSP left because he got beat up and cant take it. He is claiming Hendricks was cheating and that’s is why he got beat up and is leaving.
He is getting this off his chest because people were starting to talk about the cowardly way he left the sport. Now he is trying to push the blame for his actions onto someone else. We all know Hendricks offered up a testing proposal that all the experts agreed was more strict that GSP’s offer. GSP refused! He was clearly up to something and had invested interest in his group. There was a clearly conflict of interest and GSP refused to clear up that conflict. Now is attacking Hendricks and the UFC for not bending over and taking part in his scheme he has cooking up!
Stay Classy, Georges! Stay Classy!
Gsp is doing the right thing…fighters should speak out…stop the repression….another huge dent to the UFC from a credible fighter gsp…
Glad to hear GSP speaking out on this issue. Some of his other comments:
He says fighters have no power to express their opinion. UFC management has all the power on decisions. Players who would contest the organization would be punished.
Says that the UFC has too much on the line to clean up the sport. Also, there are nasty things going on behind the scenes he can’t talk about.
Direction of where the sport is going is very idiotic. He wants to do everything he can to change the sport.
Didn’t like the way UFC reacted by not supporting him in his will to clean the sport and mostly by backing Hendricks when he chose not to do the [VADA] tests even though he agreed at first.
BS you sound like a Zuffa Zombie when you rant like that. GSP is one of the most credible and decorated figthers in UFC history so I tend to believe what he has to say over your ranting.
“Everyone agreed” -….simply no
“Also, we all know this had nothing to do with his decision to leave”- …. really? How do you know— armchair warrior status? Gimme a break.
“Now is attacking Hendricks”– Where in the interview does he attck Hendricks? The one I read just quotes him commenting on the sport in general.
GSP is SO BORING as is all the UFC product but he does speak the truth.
Dana White is a fake ass, garbage eating wannabe dictator
Sampson seriously all UFC is boring? try to use logic please. bellator biggest sucked besides last fight. try not to be biased all the time.
There are probably 20 sides to this story! lets face it both sides are guilty of many things. Drugs are ramped in all sports, MMA is no different. The point that is being made here is that fighters really have no choice! They sign complicated contracts that not even a lawyer can understand, let alone some fighter that spends all day and night training. As time goes on more will be revealed as to the strangle hold Zuffa has on the sport, and their fighters. If you want to be a fighter you have to play the game too.
Glad to see GSP not biting his tongue anymore, DW and the UFC are very shady on this TRT nonsense.
Keep speaking up GSP, you have a lot of crediblity, you can change the image of this sport.
This will be interesting to watch play out. Note: L Fertitta issues the response$$. what is GSP? Not DW. GSP is a cog in a business machine. Will this cog in the machine grow larger and more important? Will some of the power shift over to the pawns on the Chess board from the PLAYERS. This is REAL mmapayout news. How many of us draw real revenue from Pro MMA? From Martial Arts as a whole industry? How many of us rely completely on MMA for total income? The drug testing is just a subject. The real story is the POWER in MMA as a sport business. Is GSP making a stand? Is the start of a something LARGE? …….remember the way GSP looked all alone in the Octagon after that Hendricks fight w/ Rogan? He appeared as a child lost at the mall…..but kinda pissed off at his Ma for leaving him. Maybe I am just nutz.
Leon,
When he wants testing before his last fight and gets mad the UFC didn’t back him. The goes on about knowing fighters are using because he is a fighter. The retires rather than face Hendricks. It is clear to everyone he is accusing Hendricks of cheated and is claiming he isnt coming back into there is testing.
Also I don’t buy into all the GSP persona he puts on infront of the camera. Anyone who has seen his party lifestyle knows he isn’t the same person he acts like on tv. Also if he had so much class. Why didn’t he mention this to the UFC in person rather than stabbing them in the back? Why has he made so many excuses why he is leaving? We keep getting a new reason every time he speaks.
If you don’t think it was suspect he wouldn’t switch testing companies and was getting his testing doen for fee and had his pic on their website. Then you are a fool! He was in bed with Victor Conti a felon who I believe is helping fighters get around drug tests.
Even Conti admitted he has many fighters who are sending him samples supposedly to make sure their supplements are clean. That is BS and you know it. Fighters are sending him samples to test how long shit is staying in their system because to many fighters have miss timed their cycles and tested positive. This is who GSP is partnered up with. GSP ONLY wanted testing when it was with his corrupt partners. Then he has the balls to call anyone out for not supporting his bullshit scam? Yeah that’s real classy!
Salad,
I agree drugs are in all sports. The problem with GSP is he is talking out his ass. GSP had the leverage to say anything he wanted. For him to act like he couldn’t speak his mind is bullshit. What would they do to him? Stop letting him cherry pick fights? They wasn’t going to suspend him. They would never do anything to him. Period. In fact I cant remember then doing anything to anyone for speaking out against something they did. At worst Dana would call then a “fucking idiot” and move on. I can name dozens of comments Rampage and Tito have made and the UFC didn’t do jack shit. Neither of them have the leverage of GSP. So I would like for GSP to name me one example of a fighter being punished by the UFC for speaking out. He cant name one because he is full of shit. We also have records of fighters coming out about fighter pay and nothing was done to them.
So this was a lie, his claim the UFC is a monopoly was also a lie. His entire comments was out of character but it was all a bunch of shit imo. I don’t mind him wanting testing. But to put the blame on the UFC and not consider their position is irresponsible. Where was his testing mission at in any of his other fights?
Dana savaged GSP in the post-fight press conference tonight. Basically called him a coward and a liar. Said GSP should have acted “like a man” and said these criticisms to Dana’s face.
Gonna be interesting to see how GSP responds.
Dana said what many people were thinking. Why did he meet with the UFC and not say a word? Then throw a hissy fit many weeks later? Truth is we will never know how much of this is GSP and his reluctance to face Hendricks. We can only look at his avoid of him and cherry picking Diaz, then the Wada fiasco, retirement, then this hissy fit and speculate. But unless you are a pure UFC and Dana hater or GSP nut rider. I think we can agree. GSP is not handling these things in the best way, a way he has typically handed things.
Telling everyone pre-fight press conference you are not retiring just to retire after you got beat up 48 hours later without giving a straight answer was not the best way to handle that. Just as making a bunch of outrageous claims about the UFC weeks later behind their back is not the best way to handle whatever his real issues are. He didn’t handle the WADA/VADA situation very well at all. He needs to be accountable for this and not be blaming others.
Anyone with even a modicum of insider knowledge knows most everyone (eeeeveryone) in MMA is on something. The typical response from an insider would be “At the very, veeery minimum and most conservative estimate? 75%. Minimum.” And I’d be shocked if GSP (one of the greatest MMAers ever) wasn’t on something as well.
BS, I definitely don’t agree with the “Anyone who has seen his party lifestyle knows he isn’t the same person he acts like on tv” comment. All I’ve seen are a handful, and they’re all ones where he appears to want to be anywhere but there … eg. forced into taking the picture. It’s not like he’s belligerent and taking a bunch of selfies and pics making out with pornstars. Any stories come out about GSP in brawls, DUIs and drug arrests? No, no and no. I don’t know what the heck is up with this story, but to call him a phony I think is clearly in the wrong.
Reading posts of fans in different websites after dw comments on gsp….and majority of fans are pissed at Dw and agree with GSP….some even stated they would watch less UFC because of how dw treat theyre top ppv fighter…..lol…..Dw blasting gsp is backfiring big time….
Looks like Mr. White didn’t learn his lesson from the last time he tried to blast GSP. The difference is that now he is dealing with a well spoken, popular fighter who is recognized as a great ambassador to the sport. It’s funny just how the UFC is used to manipulating the media and fans but this time around they will learn a lesson to regret.
AK
I have seen many pics with him living it up. He hasn’t got in any trouble I know of. But it is hardly the point. Shoot, the day after he announced he was leaving he was caught at a party in Miami by TMZ. Nothing wrong with it. But he isn’t the choir boy people make him out to be as if he does nothing wrong. Fact is he does have grease gate on his resume. He also has the weight issue during the Diaz fight with Canada allowing him to take advantage of a rules only he knew about. He knew it wasn’t fair and said nothing! He also, like you said, was more than likely on PE’s. Then the issue with Vada and him being an ass to force Hendricks to use him corrupt agency. I don’t believe he is the most trust worthy fighter in the UFC like people make him out to be. Maybe those are coincidence. But I am not going to believe him blindly. When you look at his comments here. He clearly Is stirring shit for no reason.
I agree about fighters using. Ironic I would accume ALL fighters of using on forums and the fans would flip out. Now GSP says it and everyone is ready to label everyone as cheaters. I have always believed that everyone is on something. A lot are on steroids but almost everyone is using HGH. When you look at the history of sports and roids recently and you factor in the competitive nature of athletes and the money involved. When there is nothing stopping them then everyone does them. HGH is almost impossible to catch. Commissions don’t even test for it. It is highly effective and relatively safe. Who wouldn’t use it? Back when I was training. Some of my training partners were fighters. One of them spent a while in the UFC and did well. But once he joined the gym with more well known fighters. He physically changed. Frame looked bigger and much more muscle mass. Another guy I trained with was a mid level fighter. He went to Brazil with some high level fighters. When he come back he was telling me how he was thinking about taking HGH. Sounded to me like he learned some trade secrets while on his trip.
You would think it would be common sense with people. Look how many fighters have tested positive. IF even 20% of people were caught. No one would ever do it. The only way anyone cheats is if they know a ton of people who are not getting caught.
I don’t mind GSP wanting testing. I just don’t like how he is going about it. I also don’t like how he thinks it is the UFC’s job. HE has just as much incentive to clean up the sport as the UFC. Why isn’t he paying for everyones testing? I find it strange he mentions how it could hurt the sport and ruin events then still expects the UFC to do something. So he wants to hurt the sport, fans, events, and fighters for his own benefit? He is being unreasonable and selfish.
I find it strange GSP struggled to make weight so many fights. Then when he brings up VADA testing. He makes weight so easy and talked about how easy the weight cut was.
“Fact is he does have grease gate on his resume.” – You’re being absurd. That was a BS accusation.
“I have seen many pics with him living it up.” – Put the links up. I agree with AK – I’ve seen pictures of him out, but never getting crazy. He goes out but I don’t think he drinks.
” He also has the weight issue during the Diaz fight with Canada allowing him to take advantage of a rules only he knew about. ” – OK, I agree with this. This was BS and your good buddy Dana was in on it too, not just GSP and the Canadian commission.
“HE has just as much incentive to clean up the sport as the UFC. ” The UFC has no incentive. The more people they catch, the worse they look.
“Why isn’t he paying for everyones testing?” – Because it’s expensive. Really? You have to ask this?
“I find it strange GSP struggled to make weight so many fights. Then when he brings up VADA testing. He makes weight so easy and talked about how easy the weight cut was.” – Nice conspiracy theory, whatever it is you’re getting at. I also heard that GSP shot Kennedy and knew about 9/11 on 9/10.
I didn’t say he was drinking. You don’t have to drink to have a good time. But to act like he didn’t want to be there is crazy. He loves the attentions and wants to go to clubs. Im not saying it is a bad thing. But it doesn’t go with the personality he portrays on tv.
So you think GSP was clean? Dana was right. GSP brought up the testing to clear his name and then decided not to do it. He has always been the poster child for HGH Gut. Also for him to claim he knows all the dirty little secrets that MMA fighters are cheating and wasn’t cheating himself is load of crap. No one who is cheating would open up to someone who isn’t cheating. especially not as many people as he let on. Look at baseball. Most of the non cheaters had little idea outside a couple people here and there on their own team would be cheating. It was all the steroid users who had huge lists of names.
At the very least GSP is slandering everyone in the sport based on hear say. Then tries to make it credible by saying “I would know I am a fighter”. He did the same thing he claimed he was mad about. That is people claiming he was on roids without proof and the users give him a bad name. He just did the same thing to every clean fighter in the sport.
Also you can call it a conspiracy all you want. Fact is Victor Conte is a felon and has been supplying and administering PE’s to athletes for years. He has admitted to fighters sending him samples to test their levels. Why would any clean fighter do that? It is clear fighters are using Conte and VADA to test how long PE’s are staying in their system to get their cycle timing down to avoid failing tests. This is who GSP is partnered with and is taking money from. While he refused to let any other company test him. Even when those companies were more strict and far more credible.
Also the UFC doesn’t have incentive to drug test everyone. That’s the point. They are a business. It isn’t their responsibility to waste money, lose fans, and give their business a black eye. No one in their position would ever choose to go down that road and leave their business and sport up to chance. Just as it isn’t GSP’s responsibility to test everyone either. So it is very irresponsible of him to expect them to do it when he admits they have no reason to. With factoring in the shady dealings with VADA and reluctance to work out an agreement with Hendricks or to even test himself. You would think he wouldn’t even bring this up and pin it on the UFC.
Fact is GSP could have made a difference himself when it comes to testing. IF he would have agreed with Hendricks and used WADA, an unbiased and unaffiliated group with much stricter testing, GSP could have started a trend in MMA where many fighters decided to use it also. It could have become standard in MMA if he would have done it. But he was only worried about his pocket and imo covering up his own results. There was ZERO reason for him not to use WADA testing. So he loses any credibility on the subject and has no room to be pointing fingers at the UFC.
“So you think GSP was clean? ” – When the hell did I say that? Oh yeah, never. For the record, I think he’s as dirty as the rest of them.
“But it doesn’t go with the personality he portrays on tv.” – He’s never tried to hide it. One of the Countdown shows showed him going to a club. That’s you making things up.
“So he loses any credibility on the subject and has no room to be pointing fingers at the UFC.” – In the end that’s what this is about isn’t it? A knee-jerk reaction against anyone who dares to criticize the UFC.
BS needs to get payed, the time and effort he puts into these long ass “essays” is astounding.
I still think this is much more than PED & testing. I think this is about power in Pro MMA. GSP is now such an interesting story. The fact that the breakout interview was in French tells us he needed to articulate something. This is MMAPAYOUT gold. Power, Money, Drugs & the most popular athlete in a particular sport. We have not heard half of this story.
Maybe Aliens really did visit him. Were you there?
Did they speak to him in French?
Desperation. Again with lesnar….hahahahahaha
Pathetic ……how bout the other heavyweights in the roster?dw won’t hype them.cant let go of the UFC 100 peak?
Add a lot of pissed of Canadians to UFC 2014 banner year lol
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2014/1/16/5315142/dana-white-brock-lesnar-return-ufc-definitely-a-possibility
diego,
This has nothing to do with the UFC. If someone has a honest point about the UFC I will support it. But when it comes to baseless complaints. I choose the sport I love over a greedy fighters trying to kill the sport who made them.
Is there PE’s in the UFC? Of course. Is it a problem? I have not heard anyone convince me it is a problem. How exactly is it a problem? Is there people being killed? nope! Where are the health issues? they don’t exist either. So our favorite fighters are younger longer and have longer careers and quality of life. Tell me where the problem is?
Fact is GSP “coming out” is one of the most obvious scams I have ever seen. He sit in the UFC for a decade abusing the system he now has an issue with. Then to justify him not saying nothing all those year. He claimed the UFC wouldn’t allow anyone to speak out. Where is evidence of this? It doesn’t exist. BUt he knew people would wonder why he never said anything and has to have an excuse.
It is anyone guess as to what he is up to. BUt GSP is clearly not being honest and telling what his real issue is. He is mad about something and is bitching at the UFC because of it.
Yes BS I hope you are getting payed. How about condensing your essays and proof-reading them before you hit the enter button? Let’s say by 50-75%?
I think your comments, especially the first one, is a lot of gossip and speculation, and you have no proof. Some things you are embellishing as well. I will take GSP comments over BS rant any day.
LACK OF (BRAIN)smasher, If your going to open that BIG MOUTH of yours you could at least know what YOUR TALKING ABOUT.
You MUST BE THE BIGGEST DW NUTHUGGER there ever was.
OK now on with all you LIES ABOUT GSP.
HE WANTS VADA BECAUSE THEY DO BLOOD TEST FOR HGH YOU BOZO.( now think for a second, are blood tests better than piss tests?? Take your time.
THE SPORT MADE THE FIGHTER. WOW YOU REALLY ARE DUMB.
The fighters are greedy, THAT’S WHAT CRAP CAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH?? Oh Ya it did. Ya I agree that those guys making 7k a fight are greedy??? HELLO DUMBO
What in the world is wrong with GSP parting???? Does he not deserve some downtime??
Rampage DRIVES his truck over half the cars in vegas??? Did you as the UFC NUTHUGGER you are get on the posts and write about him???
NO, NO, NO, you just got it in for GSP. FACE THE FACTS BOY.
He is the BEST WW EVER and you should get down on you knees, (pretend your with DW) and BEG for forgivness.
You say he got to pick his fights, come on JACKASS he fought the best in the WW Div and beat THEM ALL. Is that what makes you so upset??? Your boyfriend Josh Crosscheck got his ass beat twice.
BRAINFART you said the UFC has no incentive to do drug tests because there a business “It isn’t their responsibility to waste money, lose fans, and give their business a black eye. No one in their position would ever choose to go down that road and leave their business and sport up to chance.”
WELL BRAINFART HERE ARE JUST A FEW
NHL
NFL
NBA
MLB
BRAINFART have I made YOU LOOK LIKE A JACKASS yet. A liar for sure RIGHT.
Be honest BRAINFART, not like the rest of your posts.
BRAINFART I could go on all night with all the lies you’ve told, but I’ve gtg
Take care dumbo, one thing though, If your going to open your mouth PLEASE TRY TO KNOW MORE about what your talking about. Thanks BRAINFART.
R