One of the biggest topics in mixed martial arts involves the therapeutic use exemption for testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) that some fighters are receiving.
Some of the UFC fighters that have received an exemption in the past include Dan Henderson, Chael Sonnen, Quinton Jackson and UFC on FX 8 headliner Vitor Belfort.
After Belfort defeated Luke Rockhold on Saturday night at UFC on FX 8, UFC middleweight Brian Stann wrote his feeling about fighters who are granted an exemption for TRT.
“I am not trying to be a jerk & not jealous of other fighter success, I am secure in who I am,” Stann tweeted. “Allowing pro fighters to inject test is just plain ridiculous.”
After Stann sent out that tweet, several people in the mixed martial arts community spoke out about the subject of TRT, which include UFC middleweight Derek Brunson.
“Agree.” Brunson tweeted at Stann. “Confidence, energy, swag, cardio everything goes up. It allows you to train harder, etc. Just ridiculous.”
At the UFC on FX 8 post fight press conference, Vitor Belfort did not answer questions about his TRT use as John Morgan of MMAJunkie.com attempted to ask him about his exemption.
Belfort did not want to answer the question but he has to understand that this is going to come up at every fight he participates in and it’s not going away.