Shamrock is on the gear....Admits it...

[SaintHamish]

UFC Hall of Famer and MMA trailblazer Ken Shamrock admits he used steroids during his career.

"A UFC Hall of Famer admits using steroids during his fighting career."

The 46-year-old fighter and UFC 1 competitor confirmed the usage while a guest on Friday's new edition of "Fighting Words with Mike Straka" on HDNet. Shamrock tested positive for multiple steroids after his most recent fight – a February 2009 submission win over the late Ross Clifron – but initially denied usage.

Shamrock, who didn't explain exactly when the usage took place, told Straka it's easy for MMA fighters to acquire the banned substances.

"When they find out about it, they want to stick their heads in the sand," Shamrock said. "No one wants to take responsibility, but everyone wants to see [bigger athletes]."

Its wouldnt be a hard assumption to make that people have wondered about Kens physique for quite some years.

Your not alone Kenny boy.

Josh Barnett: 2002 (UFC 36)
Tim Sylvia: 2003 (UFC 44)
Kimo: 2004 (UFC 48)
Nate Marquardt: 2005 (UFN 1)
Vitor Belfort: 2006 (Pride 32)
Pawel Nastula: 2006 (Pride 32)
Stephan Bonnar: 2006 (UFC 62)
Kimo: 2006 (WEC)
Kit Cope: 2007 (WEC 25)
Johnny Morton: 2007 (DYNAMITE)
Royce Gracie: 2007 (DYNAMITE)
Phil Baroni: 2007 (Strikeforce)
Sean Sherk: 2007 (UFC 73)
Hermes Franca: 2007 (UFC 73)
Anthony Torres: 2007 (UFC 75)
Bill Mahood: 2007 (Strikeforce)
Adam Smith: 2007 (Strikeforce)
Jason Winthers: 2007 (Rebel Fights)
Rueben Villareal: 2007 (WCO)
Dennis Hallman: 2007 (Strikeforce)
Alexander Crispin: 2007 (Strikeforce)
Alexandre Nogueira: 2008 (WEC 38)
Antonio Silva: 2008 (EliteXC)
Edwin Dewees: 2008 (Affliction)
Chris Leben: 2008 (UFC 89)
Kirill Sidelnikov: 2008 (Affliction)
Ken Shamrock: 2009 (WarGods)
Josh Barnett: 2009 (Affliction)
Cole Provence: 2009 (WEC)

http://www.cagepotato.com/mma-steroi...itive-timeline

Topic seems rather relevant seeing that Kos is pointing the finger at GSP. Well, he has just "Heard stuff....".




**edit** - Link to MMA steriod busts....

[Necroyunus]

Josh Barnett: 2002 (UFC 36)
Tim Sylvia: 2003 (UFC 44)
Kimo: 2004 (UFC 48)
Nate Marquardt: 2005 (UFN 1)
Vitor Belfort: 2006 (Pride 32)
Pawel Nastula: 2006 (Pride 32)
Stephan Bonnar: 2006 (UFC 62)
Kimo: 2006 (WEC)
Kit Cope: 2007 (WEC 25)
Johnny Morton: 2007 (DYNAMITE)
Royce Gracie: 2007 (DYNAMITE)
Phil Baroni: 2007 (Strikeforce)
Sean Sherk: 2007 (UFC 73)
Hermes Franca: 2007 (UFC 73)
Anthony Torres: 2007 (UFC 75)
Bill Mahood: 2007 (Strikeforce)
Adam Smith: 2007 (Strikeforce)
Jason Winthers: 2007 (Rebel Fights)
Rueben Villareal: 2007 (WCO)
Dennis Hallman: 2007 (Strikeforce)
Alexander Crispin: 2007 (Strikeforce)
Alexandre Nogueira: 2008 (WEC 38)
Antonio Silva: 2008 (EliteXC)
Edwin Dewees: 2008 (Affliction)
Chris Leben: 2008 (UFC 89)
Kirill Sidelnikov: 2008 (Affliction)
Ken Shamrock: 2009 (WarGods)
Josh Barnett: 2009 (Affliction)
Cole Provence: 2009 (WEC)

good luck with promoting mma around the world

[Rivington]

Really? A ninety-five year-old man who looks like a marble statue and who spent time in WWE had a needle in his ass?

[Mtripp]

I got in major trouble after UFC 6 when I said I had no doubt Ken was on the juice.

Yet, here we are.....

[JohnnyCache]

is this news to anyone?

If so why? I got news for you people - when you're playing a sport for large sums of money you're going to take drugs that make you better at it. The only difference between atheletes is some of them game the system and some of them sneak around it. And I guess some of them are Roy Nelson.

[Hesperus]

There should be Stock, Semi-Modified and Open divisions, damnit.

[JohnnyCache]

You jest but I'm to the point where I honestly think the people that care about steroid use really are a second market

[TheMightyMcClaw]

is this news to anyone?

If so why? I got news for you people - when you're playing a sport for large sums of money you're going to take drugs that make you better at it. The only difference between atheletes is some of them game the system and some of them sneak around it. And I guess some of them are Roy Nelson.

Especially when you're doing it fifteen years after most professional athletes retire.
This rings of when Royce got tested positive for steroids; it's pretty clear to anyone who's ever looked at Royce that he isn't doing it to carve up, but the guy was in his 40's. It's going be pretty damn hard for his body to train and recover the way a 20 year old's would.

[Kambei Shimada]

Lets be honest we'd all be suprised if Ken was'nt juicing.

[Soldiermedic]

I wonder when Cris Cyborg finally admits to juicing...her and Ken have similar physiques http://www.cagepotato.com/consider-y...y-pose-playboy

[Conde Koma]

is this news to anyone?

If so why? I got news for you people - when you're playing a sport for large sums of money you're going to take drugs that make you better at it. The only difference between atheletes is some of them game the system and some of them sneak around it. And I guess some of them are Roy Nelson.

I don't think this is surprising to anyone, but that doesn't mean we should be lenient or have a compliant attitude.

Crack down on the juicers and crack down hard; it'll be rough for a bit as people adjust, but the sport will be better for it. This sort of thing needs to stop.

[Soldiermedic]

I think that the fact that its Ken Shamrock makes people care less...what if it was Randy Couture? I know I'd be a lot more affected

[alex]

the sport will be better for it

you're wrong, you know. it'll be worse because the fighters won't be as good. thats the whole point of juicing. then the general public cries about the skill level going down, blah blah blah... its like with the olympics and record breaking. if athletes don't break records its bad for business, people dont watch as much etc. so athletes juice to stay competitive not only against each other but for the almighty sponsor dollar.

the whole thing is laughable. at a certain level, the money involved is too great to risk NOT taking drugs. and the general populace are the ones who make it that way. like that random guy in bigger faster stronger said, you vote with your dollar. people sit around whining about juicing, then go and buy up the merchandise that these athletes sell. wanna get rid of the juicing? ok, lets send all sports back to the amateur level where there is no money anyway. lot less juicing going on there, risk doesnt outweigh the benefit.

people need to pull their heads out of their collective asses when it comes to this kind of stuff.

[alex]

I think that the fact that its Ken Shamrock makes people care less...what if it was Randy Couture? I know I'd be a lot more affected

you would actually be surprised if couture was juicing? really?

[shotfghter]

My hope is Sakuraba is clean. I think he is! Any Japanese Catch guys on roids? If not, this could be why they don't really make good transitions into UFC or stand-out too much.