BJ PENN THINKS GSP DOES STEROIDS
August 6, 2009 by Matt
This isn’t exactly what BJ Penn needed with a title fight right around the corner. A huge uproar has just begun over inflammatory comments Penn made during an interview with Kevin Iole of Yahoo. Penn said he believes Georges St. Pierre uses steroids.
Penn said he believes St. Pierre uses steroids, though he concedes he has no proof. St. Pierre is arguably the sport’s most popular fighter and Penn knows that making such allegations isn’t going to win him any friends.
Penn, though, isn’t the type to be shy about offering his opinion though it may be unpopular.
“It’s just my opinion that he uses steroids,” Penn said. “That’s it. My opinion. I do believe it. I can’t hand you any proof, but that’s my opinion.”
In an earlier conversation on the topic, Penn said, “In my opinion, he doesn’t play by the rules when it comes to steroids and growth hormones and that stuff. Look at him. He’s the worst. He looks like that every day. That’s cheating. There is a reason why there are rules against using steroids. The rest of us, we get fat, then we train and get skinny and the cycle goes over and over again. He looks the same way all the time. Come on.”
B.J. then added these 2 video responses at his website.
B.J. seems like he’s trying to be apologetic. But how can he make those comments and then say that he didn’t know Iole would make the article about that? He just accused GSP of roiding, based on his “opinion”. Of course Iole is going to jump on that. Those are harsh accusations.
Penn is a pathetic loser. He can’t admit that GSP just smashed him because he is better.
He says that it’s impossible to “look like that” all the time…..that’s only because Penn’s little fat ass lives in Hawaii. GSP is a full time athlete who trains harder than most professional athletes.
BJ is only a prodigy cake eater.
He’s such a sore loser…..You want a body like GSP’s….then stay away from the donut shop….cry baby….
It never ceases to amaze me how short-sighted many athletes are when it comes to comments they make in the media; especially of late in MMA. Pre-fight confidence about securing a win over your opponent is one thing, but the amount of low-level trash-talk and unprofessional antics that many fighters engage in serves only to detract from the sport overall and to make some of these highly talented athletes look like idiots.
BJ made those comments about GSP knowing full-well they were controversial. Hell, he even admits that he gave permission for his comments to be published! But he just didn’t think it through to the next 24 hours to see how everything would blow up in his face… for months to come – maybe longer. Dumb move.
Other recent examples, Lesner’s his post-fight parade around the octagon fingering the crowd, followed by dissing of sponsor Bud Light, then boasting that he was going home to do his wife; Hendo’s comment in his interview with Rogan that his devastating post-KO shot to Bisping’s face was “just to ensure that he’d shut him up” – very close to an outright admission of intent to injure. Together with BJ’s attack on GSP, just a few examples from the last month alone. And then there’s the whole Ortiz/White scenario of the last few years – plenty of ‘interesting’ comments from both sides. And there’s no shortage of other examples from the world of MMA.
I love the sport and I have a ton of respect for how hard all of these competitors train but often the comments these guys make to the media are nothing short of absurd, personally costly, and frankly… outright stupid. Then they look even worse when they try to explain themselves – as is the case with BJ’s obviously defensive and fumbling bed-side blah-blah-blah. I respect BJ as talented MMA champion but he looks and sounds so ridiculous in that video it’s difficult to have respect for him as a person.
Look a little deeper and it might well be that what really bugs BJ the most is the tremedous amount of respect GSP has earned from MMA fans worldwide both for his talent as the Champion coupled with the professional manner in which he conducts himself during interviews.
If you know anything about steroid use, then it is pretty obvious that GSP has used steroids and GH in the past. Look at the gynocomastia on such a lean body, that doesn’t just happen…. steroids. Look at his elbows, excessive bone growth, most likely the result of using GH. Wake up people, many pro athletes have used and continue to use PED’s. MMA is no different. Just because they haven’t been caught yet doesn’t mean they’re not using.
It wouldn’t suprise anyone if he did though, wed be disappointed, but not suprised.
Penn is finally n shape. I want 2 c gsp Penn 3
What a shame,know wonder mma fighters look like a bunch of dumb, violent rednecks when the sports best guys act like this. I here WWE looking for guys, you freakin idiots, go back to high school.
GSP is on steriods and definitely on growth hormone. It seems most people on here dont know anything about these substances. growth hormone makes you extremely lean you can take GH and not even work out and lose wieght really fast. Also GH amplifys the effects of anabolic steriods. Penn is absolutely right in the comments he made.
I’m a medical professional and I have to refute the statement that GSP shows signs of gynomastia. That just is not any where near warranting a diagnosis of gynomastia–it just flat out isn’t gynomastia. He may be using steroids, but not for the reasons mentioned. People who train and attend to a very strict diet put on lean muscle every day. In fact, there’s plenty of athletes out there in better looking shape than GSP who don’t steroids. To the critics, I would offer, you probably aren’t as regimented in your diet nor training intensity as he is. Perhaps you should ask nicely to train and dine with him some time, and see; then can we have a better idea.
call him a cry baby, a bitch whatever. he is right GSP i think does steroids also. Personally I think your an idiot in denial if you dont think so, or won’t even entertain the idea. His physique, the occasional back acne, and the fact that he is bigger, faster, stronger, than all of his opponents, and he never seem to even get tired. He has all the signs of a steroid user, everything points him using steroids, except the fact he has never been caught. to me it’s a fact, but im not blinded by a obsession for him. I like him, and i’ve been saying it since before he won the belt.