Manager Of 'King Mo' Says Fighter Received Non-Anabolic Steroid Injection
by Brent Brookhouse on Jan 18, 2012 2:35 PM EST
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When "King Mo" Muhammed Lawal tested positive for steroids after his fight against Lorenz Larkin at Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine it seemed to come out of nowhere for everyone involved. While Lawal is planning to appeal the test, his manager, Mike Kogan, has reiterated that they don't understand the positive test but does recall a non-anabolic injection.
"Both of us are very surprised by these results," Kogan told USA TODAY. "Neither of us has ever heard of this drug. ... We honestly have no clue where this came from."
Other than food and drink, the only substances that Lawal takes on a regular basis are iron supplements, Kogan said. When Lawal had fluid drained from his knee a few weeks before the bout, he did receive an injection of a non-anabolic steroid, Kogan said.
Despite the appeal it would be unexpected for the "B" sample to provide a different result than the positive received on the "A" sample.
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by thetakeover on Jan 18, 2012 2:40 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I suppose ignorance is better than "I fell on a needle in the locker room..."
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by pud333 on Jan 18, 2012 3:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This is actually a cover story for the real reason Mo recieved a non-anabolic steriod
“King MoRecieved steroids for an inflammed nipple ring infection”
Seriously don't take me serious. Seriously....
none of these guys are ever guilty.
by Anton Tabuena on Jan 18, 2012 2:58 PM EST reply actions 15 recs
Did you color in the poo hands?
Cause if so, I think it’s your best work to date. JK. :)
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unrelated but this kid smeared shit all over the walls in my high school
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by the jewish conquistador on Jan 18, 2012 3:26 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
you must have not gone to a public high school
Smeared shit on the walls of a stall was disturbingly common. Id say, maybe once a month.
Someone took a dump in the urinal… That was just the once. Ah… Public high school. Tomorrow’s future (inmates)
by Ricardo Arguello on Jan 18, 2012 3:54 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 4 recs
that’s not so bad. just drink enough water and you can dissolve the turd with your piss.
it’s the manly thing to do.
but yeah, it has more to do with bad districts than just the fact that it’s a public school.
you just had a bunch of assholes in your school.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 18, 2012 4:24 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve walked in on a kid taking a dump in the sink at school. He greeted me when I walked in, didn’t even bat an eye.
by outcircuit on Jan 18, 2012 4:34 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
this has to be the most gangsta shit i’ve heard in months.
rec’d.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 18, 2012 7:49 PM EST up reply actions
this has to be the most gangsta shit i’ve heard in months
you heard it? GROSSS
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by Sean in Vancouver on Jan 19, 2012 3:24 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah thats true
I went to public school in the nice suburbs of Ft. Lauderdale.
by Ricardo Arguello on Jan 18, 2012 5:14 PM EST up reply actions
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by Unabomberman on Jan 19, 2012 12:20 AM EST up reply actions
ok case closed
everything is an act......... T.N.Crew Bronx 13 1/2 12 juror's ,1 judge = 1/2 a chance
by biggant on Jan 18, 2012 3:05 PM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
I'd really like to see someone just own up to it
I’m not bothered so much by the idea that he used a PED, I think PEDs are rather widespread in all of sports.
What bugs me is the way all these athletes insult the intelligence of their fans with constant denials and excuses. Just admit it so we can all move on.
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I dunno, look at Josh Barnett: denies every positive test, yet we still want to see him fight and he’s STILL considered one of the best HWs in the world without fighting top ten competition. Not saying I agree with it but it just goes to show that denial works sometimes. Sure a lot of people think he’s a joke, but there are (sadly) a lot of people that actually believe him as well. Once you’ve admitted it there can be no debate by anyone, ever.
Yup.
Lying is the tried and tested tactic in these cases. No matter how outrageously implausible, it gives an athlete plausible deniability, and lets them start rehabbing their image.
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by Dave Strummer on Jan 18, 2012 9:13 PM EST up reply actions
Sylvia and Leben owned up to it from what I recall
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
by menckenstein on Jan 18, 2012 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
Leben certainly did. so did Thiago Silva. it took him a while, but he did the right thing in the end. i don’t remember if Sylvia admitted it or not.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 18, 2012 4:26 PM EST up reply actions
sylvia did
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by RandyCouture'sDivorceLawyer on Jan 18, 2012 4:36 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
You don't get anything for admitting it
A good example is Sherk and Franca (and I know Franca is a piece of shit but that’s not important). They both used an illegal PED. Sherk denied it repeatedly, got his punishment reduced to 6 months, and got a title shot his first fight back. Franca owned up to it and he did the full year and got kicked out of the UFC.
And Thiago Silva is a more recent example. He told the truth and got a year. Chael Sonnen made up the most ridiculous lie ever and got six months. There’s just no reason to ever tell the truth.
In defence of Sherk
There were all kinds of fishy things involved in his testing procedure.
In any event, my opinion is that lame half baked excuses with no evidence to back them up, make you lose big time in the court of public opinion.
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Thank you
I have to remind people of the Sherk situation constantly. All people see is the suspension. But yes, in 99% of cases, these guys are, in fact, guilty. How often do you hear of a friend “accidentally” testing positive for marijuana when applying for a job? Like someone put some into their mac and cheese?
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by Charles Awad on Jan 18, 2012 4:00 PM EST up reply actions
he had lots of excuses, but the point stands, especially in ca. look at toney.
by Phildo on Jan 18, 2012 5:29 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Sherk was basically acquitted on account of a WATER SAMPLE testing positive
He should have gotten off completely. Read up, folks. This shit should be common knowledge.
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by Charles Awad on Jan 18, 2012 3:59 PM EST up reply actions
Actually...
…I remember someone breaking down the story in great detail in one of the threads here and it seemed very clear, that Sherks argument holds little more water than Chaels. Can’t for the life of me remember who that was. Maybe he’s still around and can repost…
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You mean the story about how the CSAC completely mishandled the chain of custody of his sample and how their testing methods were proved to be so flawed that water, WATER!, tested positive?
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Doesn't register, dude
People want to believe what they want to believe. Sherk “looks” like he does roids, so people just wanted any affirmation of their suspicions.
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by Charles Awad on Jan 18, 2012 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
I know
A vaguely remembered post from some article ages ago holds more weight with him than readily available facts.
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Chillllll
All I said is that there was once a post that made a compelling counter-argument but unfortunately I can not present it. My post was written in the hope somebody else would remember and add to the discussion.
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by KGNLuc on Jan 19, 2012 5:16 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Nice generalizing!
That’s bullshit, but great job!
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by Charles Awad on Jan 18, 2012 4:33 PM EST up reply actions
"Neither of us has ever heard of this drug. ... We honestly have no clue where this came from."
Dude. Even I heard of it.
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by Cory Braiterman on Jan 18, 2012 3:11 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Funny how he's the most knowledgable fighter around until it comes to something like this, huh?
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by Charles Awad on Jan 18, 2012 4:01 PM EST up reply actions 9 recs
For sure. Rec'd.
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by MicahtheCynic on Jan 18, 2012 3:12 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
That’s what happens when you use Chael’s doctor for your “knee”.
If you can't wow them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit.
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by DayGeaux on Jan 18, 2012 3:12 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
he did receive an injection of a non-anabolic steroid
i believe it
that doesn’t say anything about the anabolic steroid injection he also received though
no no
he accidentally sat on a needle
by MaximumWatermelon on Jan 18, 2012 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
Mo used to be a licensed MMA fighter
Then he took a non-anabolic steroid injection to the knee
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
by menckenstein on Jan 18, 2012 3:21 PM EST reply actions 27 recs
Probably better than taking a Paul Harris to the knee, but both will have you on the sidelines for about a year.
by Snake_Pliskan on Jan 18, 2012 3:53 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Those 'arrow in the knee' jokes were getting on my nerves
but this one, bravo, sir
by Mizu on Jan 18, 2012 3:54 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Mo threw boulders in a glass house…
by Nathan Eli on Jan 18, 2012 3:29 PM EST via mobile reply actions 2 recs
The reaction to Cyborg testing positive completely dwarfs the reaction to Mo testing positive… I wonder why
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by The Lethal Haze on Jan 18, 2012 3:30 PM EST reply actions
She crossed the finish line first
Nobody gives a shit about the runner up
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by menckenstein on Jan 18, 2012 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
Because in her case it was a huge surprise.
by UncleMax on Jan 18, 2012 7:29 PM EST via Android app up reply actions 3 recs
LOL
indeed.
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by The Lethal Haze on Jan 19, 2012 6:23 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah ok that injection contained one of the best Roids used for being able to bulk mussle why you are cutting weigh
It's actually one that let's you gain strength without adding mass
Which is why it’s used as a cutting steroid.
by Matthew Roth on Jan 18, 2012 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
Masteron drostanolone propionate from what I have read gives somone 2 huge advantages during the cutting phase.When caloric intake is drastically lowered. AKA you can’t eat it helps you gain like you said Matt strength also it enhances muscle gain without excessive water retention.
Also from what I read this is not some run of the mill steroid your local gym rat will sell you,It has not been manufactured in over 2 decades and most of the the stuff out there has been cooked up buy black market chemist.
not been manufactured for two decades? that's some drago level shit that!
by UncleMax on Jan 18, 2012 7:31 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
exactly what I was thinking about Drago when reading about it. like I said its not your typcial PED the buffed up guido Gym Rat with a mullet sells out of the locker room at your local Golds Gym now, this is some real real expenisve stuff and hard to find becasue it has to be made buy some black market chemist it is not produced anymore for medical useage.
Cortical Steroids and Anabolic Steroids
are COMPLETELY different. There is no way a licensed doctor in the united states would just happen to mix the two up. Masteron isn’t a medical steroid anyways, it’s not something the doctor is going to have laying around his office. This excuse is the worst one I’ve heard yet. I have zero problem with hormone therapies, it’s not the evil substance the government has tried to make us believe. What I don’t like is these ridiculous excuses. Just say I’m sorry and leave it at that.
by CRWHITLOCK on Jan 18, 2012 3:42 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
Maybe he uses Dr Nick!
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by ChillMike on Jan 18, 2012 3:58 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Think of it as your "window to weight gain"
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by Dave Strummer on Jan 19, 2012 10:40 AM EST up reply actions
I’d like to know how many fighters have successfully appealed a steroid accusation? Seems like every fighter that gets caught goes through this pointless process of denial and appeal only to ultimately end up serving the suspension then still deny ever taking steroids afterward.
→↓↘P
It's a PR maneuver
If they don’t appeal, that would be seen as admission of guilt by the public. So they “fight back” to show they are just innocent people getting played by the man!
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PR and also to reduce the sentence
Silvia, Chael, Leben etc all got there suspensions reduced from 1 year to 6 months after appearing in front of the commission.
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by Genki Sudo's Choreographer on Jan 18, 2012 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
I think everyone who appeals in California gets a reduced sentence.
by Phildo on Jan 18, 2012 5:34 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
HEY KING MO!
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by sklart on Jan 18, 2012 3:47 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
I find it hard to believe that a guy who has been heavily involved in wrestling and gym work all his life has never even heard of this steroid.
by Ricardo Arguello on Jan 18, 2012 3:57 PM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Fucking great.
I was rooting for Mo simply for the fact that if he won the belt, he might be closer to getting into the UFC and challenging Jones. Now that dream is out the window and to make matters worse, the strikeforce light heavyweight division is even murkier. Way to go, Mo!
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by Charles Awad on Jan 18, 2012 4:02 PM EST reply actions 8 recs
if this non-anabolic steroid were a cortisone shot or some shit like that it would be a different story, but this explanation doesn’t cut it.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 18, 2012 4:29 PM EST reply actions
I can’t wait for Mo to take to Twitter to bash the fans.
Telling us we are a bunch of no nothing, know at alls and it’s all our fault that he pissed hot
He’ll probably find some way to blame Kim Winslow as well for this one…..
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by jack knight starman on Jan 18, 2012 4:44 PM EST reply actions
You have to admit, it’s a little funny that you happen to write “no nothing” while complaining about King Mo thinking you’re stupid. It doesn’t help matters that you used “know” literally a word later.
I really don't know if this comment is a bash towards me or not, however....
My comment was made in jest….
If you can’t see that, what does that say about yourself?
Just sayin"……..
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by jack knight starman on Jan 19, 2012 9:46 AM EST up reply actions
I wouldn’t call it a “bash” towards you, rather I was simply pointing out that it was rather ironic that, while you were “bashing” King Mo for thinking so many fans are stupid, you happen to out yourself as one of those idiots by using “no” when the correct word was “know.” Now, you may not be one of said mouth-breathers, but you sure aren’t providing much evidence to the contrary.
Just sayin…
I looked up this steroid
its allegedly for the wealthy or major athletes that can afford it because it is hard to get the real stuff on the streets.
its used for the treatment of breast cancers in conjunction with peroxitine or something like that, that is a 2D6 inhibitor.
These two steroids are totally unrealated that he is referring too.
You dont pop for steroids when you take an anti-inflammatory steroids.
Seriously don't take me serious. Seriously....
I dont remember Mo taking steroids, but he ate a poppy seed bagel before the pissed, that must be it.
SOLVED!
Seriously don't take me serious. Seriously....
Both of his last fights should be ruled no contest. The Larken fight naturally for the positive test and the Gracie fight because of the illegal head butt. Both guy should still be riding undefeated streaks.
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp from which the workers, perfectly innocent, are led forth by lottery, a few each day, to be executed.
I don't think that's just the way I see it. I think that's the way it is. Are there alternative views? Yes. Will any of them stand close scrutiny? No.
by memitim on Jan 18, 2012 4:59 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I think there would be a case for the No-Contest for Gracie if
Gracie was actually dropped by the headbutt like Sermerzier was. But Gracie suffered the headbutt…and honestly, it’s hard to say how ‘rocked’ or ‘stunned’ he really was…it happened, and we know it didn’t hurt enough for him to lose his footing.
The sort of awkward break/movement can definitely be attributed to the fact that he isn’t the best striker in the world. But EITHER way, the headbutt clearly wasn’t devestating….
I’m sure perhaps if Gracie felt that way, he would have looked into an appeal himself.
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by Chris Groves on Jan 18, 2012 5:47 PM EST up reply actions
Ive looked at all the gifs from all different angles and tho we can’t tell how damaging the headbutt was it certainly setup the next punch because Roger was stunned and dropped his guard. Otherwise, that punch doesn’t land where and how it did. I hope he is working on an appeal and maybe gets some help with Zuffa now.
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp from which the workers, perfectly innocent, are led forth by lottery, a few each day, to be executed.
I don't think that's just the way I see it. I think that's the way it is. Are there alternative views? Yes. Will any of them stand close scrutiny? No.
by memitim on Jan 18, 2012 9:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Consdering how long it's been
I sincerely doubt he is working on an appeal.
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by Chris Groves on Jan 19, 2012 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
OK Barry Bonds....
I feel like I’m reading the testimony for Barry Bonds. “I wasnt aware it was a steroid”. “I didn’t know what was being injected in me”. What a bunch of BS, if you are being injected with a substance, wouldn’t you want to know exactly what the hell it is. You just got caught, at least Thiago Silva was a man and admitted it.
Wait, hold up. Mike Kogan is Mo’s manager? Dear God. Wow I like him even less now.
by exzacht on Jan 18, 2012 5:35 PM EST via mobile reply actions
So have they made the Larkin loss a No-Contest yet?
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So have they made the Larkin loss a No-Contest yet?
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Its always the food and drink
We must be all juiced out of our minds because according to fighters who get caught lots of foods and drinks are just loaded with roids.
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I am SICK and TIRED of these lame excuses! WTF?? Don’t these guys understand that we UNDERSTAND why they use these things? Don’t they understand that we KNOW all the EXCUSES?? It PISSES me off when they talk to people like we are all idiots!!!!!!!!!! Stop insulting us! Own up, show your balls…er uh I mean RAISENETTES!!! HAHAHAHA
pirate mo?
Trident tattoo, nipple rings, no regard for rules… He even likes treasure. I’m starting to call him pirate mo and sending him an eye patch….
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by RECE ROCK on Jan 18, 2012 8:03 PM EST via mobile reply actions
At least Lorenz Larkin will win out from this
The only good thing about this whole mess is that King Mo’s fight against Lorenz Larkin will probably be ruled a no contest, and Larkin will end up still having an undefeated record.
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Why is that so important?
He still got beat up. That didn’t change.
by discoandherpes on Jan 19, 2012 6:16 AM EST up reply actions
It just makes his record look good, that’s all.
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by chrisbboy82 on Jan 19, 2012 11:34 AM EST up reply actions
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