Chael Sonnen said in a podcast once the moment he realized Jones was on PEDs was when Sonnen was sauced to the gills and Jones was still throwing him across the cage haha
eh technique can go a long way, the bigger someone is the easier it is to throw them around that's all due to physics really. The bigger you are the more momentum you generate once you start moving and then the more energy it would take to stop that momentum. So it's easy to throw big guys around you just use their own momentum against them. Hence where the saying comes from the bigger you are the harder you fall which is true
@J Jaxon89 yeah jones failed his first drug test for coke that was also around the time he has a car crash or got a speeding fine or something and had the belt stripped the first time. 2nd failed drug test for was picograms of metabolites which they suspect was a tainted supplement same thing happened to romero, sean o malley, frank mir, etc..
@@GrowingDownUnder You must be extremely naïve to actually believe Jon Jones isn't using PED's. Same as Romero, Malley, Frank Mir. They are all on PEDs. Some are just better at hiding it.
@@geoff7727 Joe didn't know there are ways to beat usada and joe has always said jon jones is innocent. So I'd imagine he was surprise about Derek's take on the Jones stuff. He said this Derek guy is legit and knows his stuff so he respects Derek's opinion.
@Censor Tube I would almost always watch a JRE clip when it popped up on youtube, sometimes whole episodes when he had a really great guest; now that he went to Spotify, I’m like meh can’t be bothered to go looking for him and shit.
@@agentofenhanced2428 Thank you for summing it up. I did not know that professional MMA fighters can skip THREE PED CHECKS PER YEAR as long as they send a notice within 30 days explaining why. So many of these fighters are still juicing. We all knew that. We just didn't know how they were doing it. Thanks for watching and explaining it to us in a nutshell.
If you take steroids specifically not just PEDs(PEDs doesn't always mean actual steroids) you still have to work out a fuck ton. He clearly has an insane work ethic/work rate, but he clearly isn't on the natch as well.
@Ze TheGame incorrect. It is not a definitive one way or the other answer. It could be but it has too many variables, the big ones being genetics, BMR, age, endogenous levels of androgenic and anabolic hormones, receptor sensitivity, amount of CYP3A enzyme (if its testosterone specifically, also many other androgenic hormones and whatnot) and overall metabolization/liver efficiency. Most of the time, its not true. These hormones/steroids naturally and even with supraphysiological amounts via exogenous intake dont just magically break down muscle fibers. Maybe if you have a labor based job, and you can recover far more efficiently. But if you just lay there or barley do anything with resistance, the fibers arent gonna magically break themselves down.
I never comment but couldn't resist this time around. You've outdone yourself. The examples, analogies and sheer detail show the amount of work you've put into researching this topic. No histrionics, just pure fact-based inferences and this channel is the perfect example of a man finding his passion and excelling at it. Brilliant work Derek, you're an inspiration to many. Keep going, mate!
@@benmcreynolds8581 you are lucky to still be alive. If chael reaches for his glass of water on his nightstand one night your whole county could be demolished.
This video completely blows Greg Doucette's cookie cutter video out of the water , glad to see someone that has more knowledge about mma and their physiques take the time to research his history and other factors.
Greg's comparison of how big he is compared to bodybuilders was very disappointing. These guys don't train for mass or hypertrophy so comparing them to bodybuilders is kinda irrevelant
Going to comment the same. Greg is awesome at dispelling myths and giving amazing general advice good for 95% of the population, but his lack of knowledge in the pharmacology/ testing aspects of PED use really shows his...lack of knowledge in Natty/ Not videos
I fucking hate greg man. I can't even look at his name on a damn video without getting triggered. He sits there and fucking criticizes people like Athlean x saying basically that he just used those fake weights to show he has more strength to back selling his programs cuz they are based on getting stonger well sure he has a point... But doesn't he do the same thing? He sits there and preaches that only thing that matters with nutrition is calories. Hormones don't really matter set point doens't matter insulin resistance carbs don't carb dependance etc etc. And what's the whole idea behind his cookbook he sells (at 100 dollars almost ridiculously) ? You guessed it LOW CALORIES. Go figure, jesus... I think he's a con artist and I only say I THINK because I don't wanna get sued but FUCK him. Some of his stuff is good for sure and he can be funny but it triggers me when he's taking advantage of people like that. Pce
The shelves of supplements at his house instantly gave me TJ vibes. TJ had tweeted a pic of his supplements just a couple of months before getting caught and he barely had one-third of the pharmacy that Paulo has at his house.
I live in Brazil and roids are not legal here. Most people here on steroids use gear from Paraguay, that's the best option we have without a prescription lol. It's either that or underground labs.
@@matheuscortez6817 got plenty of brazilian friends who go to Brazil to buy their drugs to bring back to US. Their are designer clinics similar to weightloss clinics in the US that provide pharmaceutical quality steroids legally through the system of their clinic. They are not legal to sell in just any store and are still controlled substances. It's much easier to get in Brazil than US
I love the dedication. Imagine how much time and energy he spent on this video . He could’ve just said the main points in 20 minutes, but I appreciate the fact that he took the time to explain every detail so that people who don’t know about this aren’t confused.
I said to myself yesterday... (swear to God) I hope Derek makes one about Paulo Costa, infact I think I think I left a request on one of your videos for a video on Costa's amazing physique.. much respect Derek.. awesome vid bro.. cheers
I left a request for costa too a couple weeks ago and he responded saying he was planning on it! Was excited to see this and it lived up to my expectations and then some.
Joe Rogan shouted out this video on the recent episode with Cody Garbrandt. I think you convinced him how bullshit usada is because Joe said he used to think Usada was legit
@@chrisoakland unfortunately not. Clips of Joe's show get taken down on youtube quickly. Just gotta listen to the show on spotify. It's a good episode.
Wow! The seeds are being sewn for Derrick to appear on JRE, imagine an episode being a debate between Derrick and The Golden Snitch himself Jeff Novitski. That could very well happen at some point
This has nothing to do with Greg, why even bring him up? All of Dereks vids are 100x more informative than Greg’s. Greg didn’t gain 500k subs in a year by being informative but the average viewer isn’t going to sit through an hour and half RUclips video so why even make the comparison, especially when they’re friends. Weird. Greg spits out 3 clickbait 10 minute long vids a day for mostly entertainment purposes or maybe for people new to the gym
Watched the entire video, this was a masterclass on PEDs. It's insane how much info you put out. That EPO alternative Melanotan 2 thing was insane, I had no idea they could do that.
People don't realize how impressive it is to be able to perform at such a high level and look like this. Not only Paulo but Yoel Romero as well are both specimens. Something spicy is in that water
they take trt. trt isn't banned in ufc. they simply have a cut off. you can only take a certain amount which is still more than enough to get you jacked
Greg Doucette has been shitting out multiple videos a day without actually doing any quality research. This is the type of in depth analysis that we need on this topic. Thanks Derek!
Who even watches greg anymore? Hes so desperate for that gymshark sponsor its crazy. And every video hes just screaming i am AWESOME.lol only kids would watch that shit
@@aryanrajesh8566 I seriously think Greg just looked at a couple pictures of Costa and made a judgement without doing any research at all. It's a shame that he's considered an authority figure in the fitness community.
Bro why do you share all of my interests lol. All the nerdy AvP and video game shit that I love, as well as MMA, and self improvement channels. Been subbed to you for awhile and see your comments on half the things I watch hahaha. You wont see this but cheers, mate.
@@Rs2Hackzltd MPMD is just ahead of the game. Kevin Mann is another channel that's similar. No one goes as in depth and backs up their points with documented research like these guys do. AND THEY ACTUALLY SOURCE THEIR INFO.. Which is fuckin huge for the topics these guys take on.
*goes on a MPMD watching binge* When they are these elongated you get the premonition Derek is going to extrapolate every microscopic bioavailable detail, leaving no miniaturized minutiae unturned. You know, I’m something of a scientist myself. 🤓
There really is a big myth/misconception that you have to be jacked or ripped to be on the juice. There’s people that’s on it that just do it for endurance and stamina etc. performance steroids. It’s not necessarily for the looks it’s for the performance.
Absolutely. Cardio is king in mma, gas tank is a weapon, part of why Cain Velasquez was so great in his prime As a heavyweight, he basically drowned guys w his pace. TJ Dillashaw serving his two years for EPO.
Eric Spurgeon exactly! Cardio is key. Boxing and mma. You can know what you’re doing but if you don’t train for the whole distance you can get screwed. Totally agree!
I saw in a natural vs enhanced training and recovery by that french canadian guy Chris Thibad... Something.. That some steroids literally just elevate the hormones and neurotransmitters that make you confident, aggressive, and focused. Then when you cycle off or stop taking them you become insanely depressessed, unconfident, and insecure and they also make you more reactive to drugs and vulnerable to chemical addiction and most of the guys that take them end up on speed, cocaine, and methamphetamines! Crazy, when you can just learn how to manage stress and adrenaline release through relaxation and experience.
Hunter Michael Kelley wow! Yeah in the end it’s not a good thing. People should take into account what they can do to you later on. Some people, like bodybuilders, do understand but just don’t care because they’re doing what they love, bodybuilding, but I guess it’s their choice. But yeah, that’s another thing people don’t consider. They’re super addicting. It makes you feel on top of the world and just great while you’re on them but once you’re off cycle it’s awful and makes you want them more. But yeah I don’t know why you wouldn’t just do it naturally and do things to help manage stress and things. A lot more healthier and another thing is natural athletes have a chance to always be healthier! If you take steroids it’s short term. You enjoy it now but you regret it later. For me, I personally would not do it, and have not!, but if someone takes into consideration the long term effects and still want to then🤷♂️😂
@@hardhitter5099 I think they should be banned from Sports entirely and punishment should be brutal. Whether legislation is passed to make Promotors or contestants legally liable, there has to be some way to test for and disinsentivize performance enhancing drugs enough that it's no longer profitable or worth the trouble without losing out on sports.
Very well done! I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment. Personally, I thought Costa was on PEDs from day 1, but what really cinched it for me was his seemingly exponential increase in cardio capacity, while also appearing to ADD muscle onto his frame in the same time period. Really enjoy ur stuff, man!
This here - the amount of consistent hypertrophy training that's required to maintain and build with very low dose (or microdose or intermittent) anabolics is still basically a LOT of hours per week, lots of failure sets, etc. Am I going to crush it on the bench and then finish with dumbells and then the next day get punched in the chest by my training partner and try to roll for 90 minutes of a workout? Or am I going to hit a hard deadlift workout when I have a weird tweak in my upper back from getting choked in training, or my foot got twisted? There's just no way to maintain as much high volume training for hypertrophy that is needed to maintain that physique (not to mention improving cardio and all kinds of other stuff) - even if you just consider how many HOURS per week you have to spend on actual fight training like striking, grappling, cardio, etc.... Spending at least 6-10 extra hours on just hypertrophy seems literally impossible for the human body...... unless...........
Even the video length has reached Supra Physiological levels! Pharmacology says its impossible! . . . But a combination of derek's delts and paulo costa's shredded physique made it possible!
Everyone is on roids on high level sports, you will tell me USA Olympic team are not on Roids? Lie to me! Like Diaz said, everyone is on roids on Ufc...
And nobody cares. Just quit enforcing drug testing. UFC had no weight classes or drug tests early on and didn’t hire USADA until 2015. PED = performance enhancing drug. Their job is to perform. Who cares if they take PEDs I want to see a great performance. I want to see Rocky vs Drago. By removing testing more men of integrity will get the credit they deserve. Instead culture is praising CHEATERS by thinking they are just so much superior (ex. Jon Jones) then other competitors (ex. DC) when really they are just like Lance Armstrong who found a way around the testing.
@Tyrone Notwatson dude its gyno. Derek covered it a couple weeks ago and he covered it so well that the doctor whose video went viral saying it's not gyno said he was wrong in the comments of the video.
I'm more inclined to say Paulo and his team are much more informed considering the regular tests they go through versus a guy who never gets tested. But to be fair the UFC runs usada so their own doctors are probably helping them cheat the tests just so they can go through commissions and regulations saying theyve been tested
Why won’t they let them use glucocorticoids? They’re athletes after all, denying them one of the best methods to serious injury recovery seems counter productive .
L4D its natural a lot of brazilian fighter seem to have hair line issues lmao, but then agian a lot of these high level athletes are probably taking compounds
Holy shit I can't believe I ended up staying for the entire video. I didn't ever feel like I had to skip through it, and just kept wanting to hear more and more and boom, over an hour flew by. I gotta get some sleep. Good video!
I might be late to this comment but I’m not to far from finishing this video without skipping. Honestly I can’t see how someone can defend Paulo at this point without being delusional. More Plates More Dates created a very good video that dives deep into how he does his steroids and even exposes some other guys who are on the juice.
@@loganshaffer5160 I’m a little late to this comment lol but costa already got popped on camera illegally using an IV to rehydrate once. If he did that he’ll do anything.
@@i_Hydra Hey it just goes to show that some athletes will get a pass on cheating. It’s honestly a bit ridiculous. Why even have the rule if you aren’t gonna enforce it
@@AlphaQHard you’re delusional 🤣you clearly don’t understand the art of martial arts.How can you actually say Izzy sucks 75-5 kick boxing record 20-0 mma
Derek, this is without a doubt, one of the best videos I've seen on RUclips. Thank you so much for taking the time and doing the research, there was so much to learn from this besides whether or not Costa is natty. Incredible job on the video, enjoyed every single second of it.
This was very educational. Given your revelations about in-group preference (Brazilians supporting the PED usage of Brazilians), and the value of PEDs to weight-cutting, Khabib Nurmogomedov might be an interesting case study for you. Although, given the power of in-group preference, you might not want to do that.
@@darryledxavier6392 agree. When your fucking diet is perfect, and you literally work out twice a day and with the trainers he has, add some good genetics in there and yea, your going to be fucking jacked. Theres zero excuses not to be. He puts on weight quick, and builds muscles quick. Also, he has been in the bjj community for awhile, just calling him a body builder is not accurate in anyway.
RedoranGuard's-SkyrimBattles 2.0 he did a video on Romero awhile ago and believed that he wasn’t on anything significant. He based it on the fact that Romero’s physique hasn’t really changed throughout the years. Even in his young wrestling days, he was just as jacked as he is now. Check it out, it’s a good watch
I was bigger than this guy in my 20’s and never touched roids. People don’t understand the significance of genetics. I was always an easy gainer. I had dudes in my gym constantly on and off cycle and they all asked me what I was taking because they literally couldn’t make gains without the roids. Dudes who can’t make gains always accuse of roids because they can’t understand genetic advantages.
@@roddas26 even if he's roided at his size his balls will be more than fine he has the genetics to get there with a low dose his insertions speak for that. And there's a thing also known as PCT off a cycle or multiple and going natty u retain 30-40% of gains made on cycle after u pct off so its definitely possible
49:11 if hall still had his heart when he fought costa he would have finished that fight right after that and maybe spare costa the embarrassment of being rawdogged by adesanya
Derek never disappoints! I was just wondering about Costa’s steroid use last night and here Derek is with a detailed video! Perfect timing for the video given the upcoming fight!
i also find it interesting i knew a guy in his early 20s at the gym who had to stop taking an anabolic because it quickly thinned out front part of his scalp
No wonder Adesanya made easier work of him than when he fought a wrestler who had already been KO'd 4 times. Those huge weight cuts are not healthy for your brain.
Not just your brain, but your body as well. I cut 20 pounds during wrestling season and i could feel my body being a lot weaker and all my energy would almost be gone. Costa apparently weighed close to 260 pounds before he cut down to 185, so you can only imagine how fatigue and stuff like that played into it as well
@@jigglyjeremy4006 That's crazy but i feel like he still looked leaner against Adesanya than against Romero for example. Even crazier if his coaches thought he could start picking up the pace in later rounds.
He was called after someone pulled out of a fight and the UFC asked him to be a last minute replacement. He said he weighed 235lbs and could not get to 185 in 2-3 weeks
@Alfredo Barragan It's entirely possible that GSP could have been using. But I wouldn't establish Nick Diaz as a credible source of information. I'm a fan of Nick, but the guy has a few screws loose in his head.
Alfredo Barragan the gut was easily explained away he had a legit disease then he also was one of the main fighters calling for USADA so no despite the Diaz brothers whining that every fighter that’s ever beaten them was juicing no he wasn’t
@@bthoblank8285 so George is just a outlier y because he’s a nice guy and we have built this mythical like character I don’t think he was on roids but it wouldn’t surprise me if he was some and we only say this about people with good body’s nobody says this about fighters with bad physiques
Ngary 5 I would agree I wouldn’t be too suprised I’d be very disappointed but it’s a sport even the nicest seeming guys will cheat however just because he was a very cut dude I don’t think we can say usada needs there eyes on him just as with Kamaru who is rediculous like he’s in better shape than woodley and I didn’t think that was possible😂
To be fair. It’s much more taxing on your cardio being wrestling heavy. Before anything costa was a jujitsu guy having a black belt in BJj. So not being experienced in the sport, he went to what he felt was most comfortable but it also took a massive toll on his cardio.
I agree with Derek on Costa's drug use. But I think he didn't dwell this deep on the Romero one. Romero also passes the eye test, he also walks around 210+ and cuts to 185 and still keeps all his muscles, has kept all his muscles over the last 20 years, fought in places where drug testing wasn't that strict... Basically majority of the arguments Derek has used to come at the conclusion that Costa uses drugs. And before this video, I was rooting for Costa but now.... Mehhh... Thanks Derek for continously enlightening us.
I didn't realize you covered MMA related stuff. It's so hard to believe he's achieving what he's achieving from hard work and genetics alone....the human body doesn't work like that for 99.99 percent of humans
Exactly. He's putting in a shit ton of time into his MMA training which includes boxing, wrestling, cardio, etc. To think that he is also lifting weights on top of that, it's going to lead to overtraining. You can't put your whole effort into every thing which is why 90% of these pro athletes are using shit or have used shit in the past. People who dont think so are delusional and probably idiots.
@@BalkanManic but he's not really lifting, he's roughly the same size now. As when we first saw him. Somwtimes genetic freaks just exist, and it is unfair that they look like Greek Gods as a byproduct of just regularly training such as striking, grappling, and cardio. We also have to remember he doesn't look like that 90% of the time. We mainly only see him when he's sucked out/cutting. So we have a skewed images of him. Because when Yoel Romero isn't in camp or doing things on fight week, we see just how much of a genetic freak he is. Watdh him on the JRE, he's still jacked as shit and even bigger, then. He sucks himself down to 185. Costa gets fat after fights. And sucking down to 185 makes him get/look jacked. It's more with genetics.
Rumble cut alot of weighy but not from 250 to 185 that is fuckin huge.Rumble would cut from about 220 to 170.You are right though itis crazy weight cut.The UFC need to adopt ONE championship weight cutting policy.
At 55:45 when Harry L asks him about steroid use. His body language instantly responded, when he asked that same question to Israel, Israel's body language also showed signs of usage in the past in a recent interview.
Do a vid on Askren, his physique is simply unnatural
His cycling is definitely edys laced with hersheys
ahahahah fuck
Askren would have the worse genes to build any sort of muscle !
ben askrens natural physique really isnt that bad lol. If he lifted weights he would look better. In the jake paul fight he was kinda fat tho
He's on that milkshake cycle
this is longer than the movie I watched last night and yet I'm paying more attention to this, never stop man
Must have been a short movie
Brando Nightmare Before Christmas 74 mins long
This was an incredible MPMD video. Please more like this for big events.
Dude, did a natty or not seminar.
Joshua Willis damn it’s been so long since I’ve seen it didn’t realize it was that short
Anthony Johnson making 170 makes Costa's weight cut look like child's play.
But he hasn’t done that in about a decade and it was never consistent. A few times he was 10 pounds over the 170 limit.
And back then everyone was juicin cuz no USADA but now he’s def not getting away with that
And you were also aloud iv's back then too
@Matthew Anthony Maybe not 260 but he sure broke Arlovski's jaw at HW
@@ZekeyT90 Costa has been suspended for illegal IV use, it still goes on just not offered behind the scenes or available at hospitals.
Chael Sonnen said in a podcast once the moment he realized Jones was on PEDs was when Sonnen was sauced to the gills and Jones was still throwing him across the cage haha
that fight didnt even last 5 mins tho
eh technique can go a long way, the bigger someone is the easier it is to throw them around that's all due to physics really. The bigger you are the more momentum you generate once you start moving and then the more energy it would take to stop that momentum. So it's easy to throw big guys around you just use their own momentum against them. Hence where the saying comes from the bigger you are the harder you fall which is true
@J Jaxon89 yeah jones failed his first drug test for coke that was also around the time he has a car crash or got a speeding fine or something and had the belt stripped the first time. 2nd failed drug test for was picograms of metabolites which they suspect was a tainted supplement same thing happened to romero, sean o malley, frank mir, etc..
Jones was bigger and better than chael he would have done that either way
@@GrowingDownUnder You must be extremely naïve to actually believe Jon Jones isn't using PED's.
Same as Romero, Malley, Frank Mir.
They are all on PEDs. Some are just better at hiding it.
this will go down in the Guinness book of world records as the longest 'Natty or Not' lmao
Until someone on other less interesting channel will copy this and just add inserts of himself to extend the runtime.
It's really good, great work
Test positive on Usada?
FACTS
Here after Joe Rogan shouted out this video on the Cody Garbrandt 2 podcast
and what did he say about it?
@@geoff7727 Joe didn't know there are ways to beat usada and joe has always said jon jones is innocent. So I'd imagine he was surprise about Derek's take on the Jones stuff. He said this Derek guy is legit and knows his stuff so he respects Derek's opinion.
Right here!
@Censor Tube I would almost always watch a JRE clip when it popped up on youtube, sometimes whole episodes when he had a really great guest; now that he went to Spotify, I’m like meh can’t be bothered to go looking for him and shit.
Junkie Bones Jones !
You know he’s not natty when it’s 1hr 20mins
video should be renamed Paulo Costa: Natty or Not Full Documentary/movie.
FAX
LOL
Lmaoo
I saw the length of the video and i was just like oh shit, El Borrachinha is fucked
This has opened my eyes up to exactly how these fighters get around these drug tests. Man dropped a whole documentary. Amazing
I dont have time to watch all this. Can you sum it up?
Agent of Enhanced I don’t have time to read all of that can you sum it up?
agreed haha
@@agentofenhanced2428 Thank you for summing it up. I did not know that professional MMA fighters can skip THREE PED CHECKS PER YEAR as long as they send a notice within 30 days explaining why. So many of these fighters are still juicing. We all knew that. We just didn't know how they were doing it. Thanks for watching and explaining it to us in a nutshell.
@@agentofenhanced2428 I wanna die
Paulo was jacked at 22. I just turned 21. Hopefully magically in one years time I will be jacked af for no reason.
I don't think it's for no reason. Guy trains like a beast.
Hahaha. Perfect comment and at 22 (20 years ago), I didn’t magically get jacked. Best of luck to you.
If you take steroids specifically not just PEDs(PEDs doesn't always mean actual steroids) you still have to work out a fuck ton. He clearly has an insane work ethic/work rate, but he clearly isn't on the natch as well.
Genetics and hard work win out. That’s a combination that really can’t be beaten.
@Ze TheGame incorrect. It is not a definitive one way or the other answer. It could be but it has too many variables, the big ones being genetics, BMR, age, endogenous levels of androgenic and anabolic hormones, receptor sensitivity, amount of CYP3A enzyme (if its testosterone specifically, also many other androgenic hormones and whatnot) and overall metabolization/liver efficiency. Most of the time, its not true. These hormones/steroids naturally and even with supraphysiological amounts via exogenous intake dont just magically break down muscle fibers. Maybe if you have a labor based job, and you can recover far more efficiently. But if you just lay there or barley do anything with resistance, the fibers arent gonna magically break themselves down.
As the Diaz brothers said, “they’re all on steroids” (including Dana). It’s just a matter of working around the testing.
The Diaz brothers whole team is on roids
Bruh Dana on that horse meat look at his arms
Dana is on trt lol
If Dana wasnt on TRT he would probably lose his mind 😂
@@OoLiiMiiT3D - Actually testosterone makes you MORE irritable and aggressive :)
I never comment but couldn't resist this time around. You've outdone yourself. The examples, analogies and sheer detail show the amount of work you've put into researching this topic. No histrionics, just pure fact-based inferences and this channel is the perfect example of a man finding his passion and excelling at it. Brilliant work Derek, you're an inspiration to many. Keep going, mate!
Fuck yeah dude, this collegiate level dissertation shit, 👍 awesome
Insipired solely for the death star delts
Always comments and always says I don’t comment
to quote Anderson Silva, "It's normal."
Es normal
🤣🤣🤣
Es nermal
@@ChillnrelaxCentral Perfect 😂😂😂
Chew legs chew arms es nermal
I'm impressed that you managed to fit the biggest arms in West Linn Oregon in this video
Whoah, I'm right by there in Benton county Oregon.
@@benmcreynolds8581 you are lucky to still be alive. If chael reaches for his glass of water on his nightstand one night your whole county could be demolished.
Lol
The goat, never lost a round
he had to make the video 1:20 to be able to fit the biggest arms in west linn Oregon in the video
This video completely blows Greg Doucette's cookie cutter video out of the water , glad to see someone that has more knowledge about mma and their physiques take the time to research his history and other factors.
Very disappointed in Greg’s video tbh
Greg's comparison of how big he is compared to bodybuilders was very disappointing. These guys don't train for mass or hypertrophy so comparing them to bodybuilders is kinda irrevelant
@CURCC2 damn
Going to comment the same. Greg is awesome at dispelling myths and giving amazing general advice good for 95% of the population, but his lack of knowledge in the pharmacology/ testing aspects of PED use really shows his...lack of knowledge in Natty/ Not videos
I fucking hate greg man. I can't even look at his name on a damn video without getting triggered. He sits there and fucking criticizes people like Athlean x saying basically that he just used those fake weights to show he has more strength to back selling his programs cuz they are based on getting stonger well sure he has a point...
But doesn't he do the same thing? He sits there and preaches that only thing that matters with nutrition is calories. Hormones don't really matter set point doens't matter insulin resistance carbs don't carb dependance etc etc. And what's the whole idea behind his cookbook he sells (at 100 dollars almost ridiculously) ? You guessed it LOW CALORIES. Go figure, jesus...
I think he's a con artist and I only say I THINK because I don't wanna get sued but FUCK him. Some of his stuff is good for sure and he can be funny but it triggers me when he's taking advantage of people like that. Pce
When Paulo was grooming himself I thought I was watching Jersey Shore
It’s Paolo-D 🤣😂
Lmao
We gonna ignore the fact that his sponsor is a Brazilian pharmacy in a country where roids are common in bjj and mma? 😂
The shelves of supplements at his house instantly gave me TJ vibes. TJ had tweeted a pic of his supplements just a couple of months before getting caught and he barely had one-third of the pharmacy that Paulo has at his house.
roinds are not legal in brazil, thats mexico men hehehe
@@dxknudsen brazil has a lot of specialized pharmacies to buy steroids legally from. Anyone can use them.
I live in Brazil and roids are not legal here. Most people here on steroids use gear from Paraguay, that's the best option we have without a prescription lol. It's either that or underground labs.
@@matheuscortez6817 got plenty of brazilian friends who go to Brazil to buy their drugs to bring back to US. Their are designer clinics similar to weightloss clinics in the US that provide pharmaceutical quality steroids legally through the system of their clinic. They are not legal to sell in just any store and are still controlled substances. It's much easier to get in Brazil than US
I love the dedication. Imagine how much time and energy he spent on this video . He could’ve just said the main points in 20 minutes, but I appreciate the fact that he took the time to explain every detail so that people who don’t know about this aren’t confused.
14:24 Chael staring directly at the camera had me dying lmao
lol Didn't even see him. Probably the only time the man went unnoticed.
Damn y'all made an entire movie on this guy 😂
Totally worth it very interesting case
@MegaSkilla what was incorrect?
@MegaSkilla Everything stated in this video is factual.
I watched the whole thing! 👌👌😂🤣
@MegaSkilla Care to explain or are you talking out your ass?
I said to myself yesterday... (swear to God) I hope Derek makes one about Paulo Costa, infact I think I think I left a request on one of your videos for a video on Costa's amazing physique.. much respect Derek.. awesome vid bro.. cheers
I left a request for costa too a couple weeks ago and he responded saying he was planning on it! Was excited to see this and it lived up to my expectations and then some.
@@kevinfromsales6842 true that...
Joe Rogan shouted out this video on the recent episode with Cody Garbrandt. I think you convinced him how bullshit usada is because Joe said he used to think Usada was legit
Can you link the clip good sir?
@@chrisoakland unfortunately not. Clips of Joe's show get taken down on youtube quickly. Just gotta listen to the show on spotify. It's a good episode.
@@tgo007 ah shucks, thanks for the reply though.
Wow! The seeds are being sewn for Derrick to appear on JRE, imagine an episode being a debate between Derrick and The Golden Snitch himself Jeff Novitski. That could very well happen at some point
@@333rdAlchemist Derek will 100% be on JRE within the next 6-8 months
one HOUR and twenty minutes of MPMD? **holds on to the sink** _"Here we go"_
Hahaha
💀💀
@@MorePlatesMoreDates always informative, detailed and on point brother!!
Underrated comment lol
Putting Greg's video to shame
Has the coach done a Costa video?
@@Yo64130 Yeah and it was a shit ten minute clickbait joke
This has nothing to do with Greg, why even bring him up? All of Dereks vids are 100x more informative than Greg’s. Greg didn’t gain 500k subs in a year by being informative but the average viewer isn’t going to sit through an hour and half RUclips video so why even make the comparison, especially when they’re friends. Weird. Greg spits out 3 clickbait 10 minute long vids a day for mostly entertainment purposes or maybe for people new to the gym
I saw two minutes of Greg’s, and decided to wait for Derek’s video
@@ready4itall89 why are you simping over Greg tho?
Watched the entire video, this was a masterclass on PEDs. It's insane how much info you put out. That EPO alternative Melanotan 2 thing was insane, I had no idea they could do that.
People don't realize how impressive it is to be able to perform at such a high level and look like this. Not only Paulo but Yoel Romero as well are both specimens. Something spicy is in that water
what about ngannou or woodley
Joe Smith or Usman, Connor, GSP, perry, etc
they take trt. trt isn't banned in ufc. they simply have a cut off. you can only take a certain amount which is still more than enough to get you jacked
@@afghandydynamite9767 Conor ain't impressive he's pretty skinny
Royal Zak no it’s banned, Tf you talking about
Finally my man waited till the day!
I like how Walid and Paolo both crossed their arms defensively when asked about juice.
Coach Greg looks at a couple pictures, screams for five minutes, "Yup, natty. Or not. Whatever."
Derek goes "Sit down and let me tell you a story..."
Greg is not really good at analyzing athletes outside of fitness industry.
@@Sid00077 yeah he flopped at this one
@@xXJeReMiAhXx99 Why? I thought this one was great
lol
R66 Na I think he meant that Greg flopped
Greg Doucette has been shitting out multiple videos a day without actually doing any quality research. This is the type of in depth analysis that we need on this topic. Thanks Derek!
Who even watches greg anymore? Hes so desperate for that gymshark sponsor its crazy. And every video hes just screaming i am AWESOME.lol only kids would watch that shit
Lol
He got popular really quick and now he's shitting out videos just for cash
@@aryanrajesh8566 I seriously think Greg just looked at a couple pictures of Costa and made a judgement without doing any research at all. It's a shame that he's considered an authority figure in the fitness community.
Speculation is a term more accurate for this than analysis.
The amount of research you do in your videos is incredible. Love your videos
Love these long informative videos. Thank you.
Greg Doucette's video was crap compared to how comprehensive and detailed this was.
Bro why do you share all of my interests lol. All the nerdy AvP and video game shit that I love, as well as MMA, and self improvement channels. Been subbed to you for awhile and see your comments on half the things I watch hahaha. You wont see this but cheers, mate.
@@Rs2Hackzltd MPMD is just ahead of the game. Kevin Mann is another channel that's similar. No one goes as in depth and backs up their points with documented research like these guys do. AND THEY ACTUALLY SOURCE THEIR INFO.. Which is fuckin huge for the topics these guys take on.
*goes on a MPMD watching binge*
When they are these elongated you get the premonition Derek is going to extrapolate every microscopic bioavailable detail, leaving no miniaturized minutiae unturned. You know, I’m something of a scientist myself. 🤓
Theres no such things as Polish Powerx just roids lol
There really is a big myth/misconception that you have to be jacked or ripped to be on the juice. There’s people that’s on it that just do it for endurance and stamina etc. performance steroids. It’s not necessarily for the looks it’s for the performance.
Absolutely. Cardio is king in mma, gas tank is a weapon, part of why Cain Velasquez was so great in his prime As a heavyweight, he basically drowned guys w his pace.
TJ Dillashaw serving his two years for EPO.
Eric Spurgeon exactly! Cardio is key. Boxing and mma. You can know what you’re doing but if you don’t train for the whole distance you can get screwed. Totally agree!
I saw in a natural vs enhanced training and recovery by that french canadian guy Chris Thibad... Something.. That some steroids literally just elevate the hormones and neurotransmitters that make you confident, aggressive, and focused. Then when you cycle off or stop taking them you become insanely depressessed, unconfident, and insecure and they also make you more reactive to drugs and vulnerable to chemical addiction and most of the guys that take them end up on speed, cocaine, and methamphetamines! Crazy, when you can just learn how to manage stress and adrenaline release through relaxation and experience.
Hunter Michael Kelley wow! Yeah in the end it’s not a good thing. People should take into account what they can do to you later on. Some people, like bodybuilders, do understand but just don’t care because they’re doing what they love, bodybuilding, but I guess it’s their choice. But yeah, that’s another thing people don’t consider. They’re super addicting. It makes you feel on top of the world and just great while you’re on them but once you’re off cycle it’s awful and makes you want them more. But yeah I don’t know why you wouldn’t just do it naturally and do things to help manage stress and things. A lot more healthier and another thing is natural athletes have a chance to always be healthier! If you take steroids it’s short term. You enjoy it now but you regret it later. For me, I personally would not do it, and have not!, but if someone takes into consideration the long term effects and still want to then🤷♂️😂
@@hardhitter5099 I think they should be banned from Sports entirely and punishment should be brutal. Whether legislation is passed to make Promotors or contestants legally liable, there has to be some way to test for and disinsentivize performance enhancing drugs enough that it's no longer profitable or worth the trouble without losing out on sports.
Saying he takes "special supplements" is pretty much coming clean.
This had me hooked like a conspiracy documentary. Can't believe I just watched it through without checking my phone once
Same
ME TOO!
I like the way he says ," That's a fuckin shit ton of testyy " 😂
this guy knows what he's talking about for sure....kudos to you sir 🔥
Michael K can you give me a brief summary cuz I don’t have an hour and 20 min to watch this lol
But ain’t u watching on your phone?
His cardio in the Romero fight was very impressive. I thought he'd be so gassed at that high of a pace
guyverjay I agree he was a bit but for the volume of strikes thru first two rounds it's impressive
Vetorri fight too now
Very well done!
I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment. Personally, I thought Costa was on PEDs from day 1, but what really cinched it for me was his seemingly exponential increase in cardio capacity, while also appearing to ADD muscle onto his frame in the same time period.
Really enjoy ur stuff, man!
This here - the amount of consistent hypertrophy training that's required to maintain and build with very low dose (or microdose or intermittent) anabolics is still basically a LOT of hours per week, lots of failure sets, etc. Am I going to crush it on the bench and then finish with dumbells and then the next day get punched in the chest by my training partner and try to roll for 90 minutes of a workout? Or am I going to hit a hard deadlift workout when I have a weird tweak in my upper back from getting choked in training, or my foot got twisted? There's just no way to maintain as much high volume training for hypertrophy that is needed to maintain that physique (not to mention improving cardio and all kinds of other stuff) - even if you just consider how many HOURS per week you have to spend on actual fight training like striking, grappling, cardio, etc.... Spending at least 6-10 extra hours on just hypertrophy seems literally impossible for the human body...... unless...........
Dude is big strong jacket and STILL has top tier endurance
Derek is the only person on RUclips that could keep my attention for 1 hour and 20 minutes I didn’t even notice the time
Even the video length has reached Supra Physiological levels!
Pharmacology says its impossible!
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But a combination of derek's delts and paulo costa's shredded physique made it possible!
I also love that he didn't just say "Yes....juice..." but he also went into how the tests may have been circumvented.
“Everyone’s on steroids” -Nate Diaz
-NATTY Diaz
your all on steroids not me
Everyone is on roids on high level sports, you will tell me USA Olympic team are not on Roids? Lie to me! Like Diaz said, everyone is on roids on Ufc...
Even Nate lol
And nobody cares. Just quit enforcing drug testing. UFC had no weight classes or drug tests early on and didn’t hire USADA until 2015. PED = performance enhancing drug. Their job is to perform. Who cares if they take PEDs I want to see a great performance. I want to see Rocky vs Drago. By removing testing more men of integrity will get the credit they deserve. Instead culture is praising CHEATERS by thinking they are just so much superior (ex. Jon Jones) then other competitors (ex. DC) when really they are just like Lance Armstrong who found a way around the testing.
250 was exaggerated by Paul. I think in his blogs he stated (Costa) that he was c close to 230 at most after his bicep surgery
Was Paulo exaggerating when he posted a pic and claimed 255?
nah man, look at his fattest pic, he was def up there with tons of water and a layer of fat everywhere.
“What I think he takes, based on what I take”
It's not the fact that he's shredded. It's the size of his frinken arms and delts while being so shredded. It just doesn't look natty lol
Derek, you have to cover Adesanya’s huge right gyno growth. I appreciate this vid and I watched it all.
@Tyrone Notwatson he's asking to be educated on that subject and you call him uneducated? Brah obvious toxicity
@Tyrone Notwatson dude its gyno. Derek covered it a couple weeks ago and he covered it so well that the doctor whose video went viral saying it's not gyno said he was wrong in the comments of the video.
@Tyrone Notwatson thank you
@@John15293 fuck that dude. He is assuming it's gyno ON ONE PEC- fuck that shit.
@@BarkusMuhl put the link in video. If I am wrong, go ahead out the link, I will admit it.
Third time watching through, this must have taken forever to put together. Thank you Derek ❤️
A much more thorough and interesting analysis than Greg Doucette's natty or not. Underrated channel.
Jesus, over an hour. That's my Saturday night viewing sorted! Cheers, Derek.
So what was the steroids he took
@RCUSR It's Saturday 10:30pm already where I live.
Don't forget that Costa hung out with liver king somewhat recent and I'm sure got great advise on what to take and when to take it
I'm more inclined to say Paulo and his team are much more informed considering the regular tests they go through versus a guy who never gets tested. But to be fair the UFC runs usada so their own doctors are probably helping them cheat the tests just so they can go through commissions and regulations saying theyve been tested
@@turtleking598 Exactly haha. If anything it’s Costa giving the liver king advice.
Ready for chemistry class!
Everyone: I'm not gonna fight that animal!!!
Stylebender: Hold my white belt
Only the bodybuilding community appreciates videos this long 😂
I ate it IZI xDDD but im' a ufc fan too ... so very intersting yeeee
I CANT LET U GET CLOSE. just had to comment that when u brought up Ultimate fighter brazil season 3
6 years later Shogun is still fighting
1:16:13 if you want the gist 🍻
You the real mvp
MVP
@@Binepusnik SMD
I love you
@@Brandon-ir7ws thank boo
Paulo Costa's cycle; Whey protein, fish oil, biotin: Source: Blueman
@@kevs2good133 creatren
No horse beef?
😂😭
Horsemeat
Horsemeat
Why won’t they let them use glucocorticoids? They’re athletes after all, denying them one of the best methods to serious injury recovery seems counter productive .
As a diehard mma fan, I found this fascinating. Great work and appreciate your efforts in putting this together. Well done.
Ginomastia on adesanya realy makes him look all natural
Yooo. Rogan shouted you out, you big time now. Proud viewer here.
I knew a Paulo costa vid was coming once I saw Derek follow Paulo lol
Notice that pretty severe and recent hair loss at the crown of his head.
its very much genetic but the steroids are probably increasing it
It’s weird how his hairline hasn’t receded much if at all it looks like mostly just diffuse thinning
L4D its natural a lot of brazilian fighter seem to have hair line issues lmao, but then agian a lot of these high level athletes are probably taking compounds
I mean it’s not like he’s 25
@@manantialeterno7598 Brazilian fighters are known to take steroids bro
Holy shit I can't believe I ended up staying for the entire video. I didn't ever feel like I had to skip through it, and just kept wanting to hear more and more and boom, over an hour flew by. I gotta get some sleep. Good video!
Keep in mind Costa was the most tested fighter in the UFC this year ; 19 times
@Ze TheGame exactly.
Ze TheGame i only see one low iq here, you.
Lance Armstrong was the most tested cyclist in cycling when he was doing it and we all know how that turned out.
Testing is a load of bullcrap.
Who actually watched all of this wit no skipping just curious
I might be late to this comment but I’m not to far from finishing this video without skipping. Honestly I can’t see how someone can defend Paulo at this point without being delusional. More Plates More Dates created a very good video that dives deep into how he does his steroids and even exposes some other guys who are on the juice.
@@loganshaffer5160 I’m a little late to this comment lol but costa already got popped on camera illegally using an IV to rehydrate once. If he did that he’ll do anything.
@@i_Hydra Hey it just goes to show that some athletes will get a pass on cheating. It’s honestly a bit ridiculous. Why even have the rule if you aren’t gonna enforce it
The hair, the explosive strength in the ring, the physique, his body language when asked...What else do you need? NOT NATTY NOT A chance
Way better analogy than Greg’s
analysis?
@@ireneolivera2428 Kowalski
Imagine walking into the ring at heavyweight against middleweights and calling Adesanya a coward 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great comment. The guy weighs 220 in the octagon, would get killed by lhw and he's. Total coward.
Imagine walking into the ring at heavyweight against middleweights and then getting your ass kicked and humped by said middleweight champion
@@CommunistJoeRogan
Adesanya sucks tho. I could have kicked costas ass the way he was fighting that night. Absolute trash
@@AlphaQHard you’re delusional 🤣you clearly don’t understand the art of martial arts.How can you actually say Izzy sucks 75-5 kick boxing record 20-0 mma
@@AlphaQHard take a boxing class tough guy
paolo's brother is a legend in bjj in brazil. Paolo was a blackbelt when he went on tuf. He wasn't a bodybuilder
360 roundhouse kick for the algorithm 😎
Derek, this is without a doubt, one of the best videos I've seen on RUclips. Thank you so much for taking the time and doing the research, there was so much to learn from this besides whether or not Costa is natty. Incredible job on the video, enjoyed every single second of it.
This was very educational. Given your revelations about in-group preference (Brazilians supporting the PED usage of Brazilians), and the value of PEDs to weight-cutting, Khabib Nurmogomedov might be an interesting case study for you. Although, given the power of in-group preference, you might not want to do that.
Inb4 the obligatory "bro he ain't even impressive. I know a mate that looks similar to him. It's just genetics"
I don't know why people think gear makes everyone a mass monster
What about Yoel? And how come they haven't popped?
@@topwargear Paulo is bigger then yoel
@@darryledxavier6392 agree. When your fucking diet is perfect, and you literally work out twice a day and with the trainers he has, add some good genetics in there and yea, your going to be fucking jacked. Theres zero excuses not to be. He puts on weight quick, and builds muscles quick. Also, he has been in the bjj community for awhile, just calling him a body builder is not accurate in anyway.
RedoranGuard's-SkyrimBattles 2.0 he did a video on Romero awhile ago and believed that he wasn’t on anything significant. He based it on the fact that Romero’s physique hasn’t really changed throughout the years. Even in his young wrestling days, he was just as jacked as he is now. Check it out, it’s a good watch
Izzy won against Paulo Costa, but Izzy came into the fight with some serious gyno. Maybe we were looking at the wrong guy this whole time
Gyno can be gotten from frequent weight cutting
Moncler he doesn’t cut a lot of weight
Jade Lees he walks around at 200-210 lol. Very tall guy
Moncler yea most middle weights are cutting 220 and above.
He does cut a lot of weight. He’s actually not a small guy. A doctor talked about it. Can’t remember the channel but it’s on here.
I was bigger than this guy in my 20’s and never touched roids. People don’t understand the significance of genetics. I was always an easy gainer. I had dudes in my gym constantly on and off cycle and they all asked me what I was taking because they literally couldn’t make gains without the roids. Dudes who can’t make gains always accuse of roids because they can’t understand genetic advantages.
I used to gain in my 20s. Now 30 and it hits different. If you got the stuff hmu
Exactly not knowing South Americans and Africans have crazy genes
Damn, you’ve got some legit MMA knowledge 👏👏
Tan Half steroid expert, half MMA expert, half true detective.
Dude is a unit.
yeah hes a fucking rig mate
That should read "unic" this guy has no balls left after all the roids he's on.
@@roddas26 even if he's roided at his size his balls will be more than fine he has the genetics to get there with a low dose his insertions speak for that. And there's a thing also known as PCT off a cycle or multiple and going natty u retain 30-40% of gains made on cycle after u pct off so its definitely possible
49:11 if hall still had his heart when he fought costa he would have finished that fight right after that and maybe spare costa the embarrassment of being rawdogged by adesanya
Derek never disappoints! I was just wondering about Costa’s steroid use last night and here Derek is with a detailed video! Perfect timing for the video given the upcoming fight!
"well he's not that big" everyone says
And then you see him next to Yoel Romero
😂😂😂
yoel is 178 cm 5'10 max in the olympics he being listed as 6 is a joke
@kurt mccarthy yes 5'8.5 listed in the olympics but in the ufc listed as 6 i mean holy crap
@kurt mccarthy Alpha male doesnt even have chads in their members all of them are manlets like urijah faber
@The Spirit of Toshiro lives on! i think costs is a legit 6ft but yea what u said
i also find it interesting i knew a guy in his early 20s at the gym who had to stop taking an anabolic because it quickly thinned out front part of his scalp
80 minute video?! Don't mind if I do. Also... Algorithm.
No wonder Adesanya made easier work of him than when he fought a wrestler who had already been KO'd 4 times. Those huge weight cuts are not healthy for your brain.
Not just your brain, but your body as well. I cut 20 pounds during wrestling season and i could feel my body being a lot weaker and all my energy would almost be gone. Costa apparently weighed close to 260 pounds before he cut down to 185, so you can only imagine how fatigue and stuff like that played into it as well
@@jigglyjeremy4006 That's crazy but i feel like he still looked leaner against Adesanya than against Romero for example. Even crazier if his coaches thought he could start picking up the pace in later rounds.
Bro Izzy had gyno the man was on steroids for that fight lol with PROOF lmao
@@fabolousjada5070 yes
He was called after someone pulled out of a fight and the UFC asked him to be a last minute replacement. He said he weighed 235lbs and could not get to 185 in 2-3 weeks
It's funny how Firas Zahabi says all of that about Costa, but look at GSP in his prime, pre-USADA.
what's your point?
@Alfredo Barragan It's entirely possible that GSP could have been using. But I wouldn't establish Nick Diaz as a credible source of information. I'm a fan of Nick, but the guy has a few screws loose in his head.
Alfredo Barragan the gut was easily explained away he had a legit disease then he also was one of the main fighters calling for USADA so no despite the Diaz brothers whining that every fighter that’s ever beaten them was juicing no he wasn’t
@@bthoblank8285 so George is just a outlier y because he’s a nice guy and we have built this mythical like character I don’t think he was on roids but it wouldn’t surprise me if he was some and we only say this about people with good body’s nobody says this about fighters with bad physiques
Ngary 5 I would agree I wouldn’t be too suprised I’d be very disappointed but it’s a sport even the nicest seeming guys will cheat however just because he was a very cut dude I don’t think we can say usada needs there eyes on him just as with Kamaru who is rediculous like he’s in better shape than woodley and I didn’t think that was possible😂
Getting rdy for 253. LETS GOOO!
All the investigation you have to go through to make this type of video is crazy man, i apreciate the grind
Throwing shade at Jon "pictogram" Jones. My man 👍
1:20 mins?....damn i can see why this one took so long to be released lol
Before the ban using an IV was the norm in the UFC. Him using am IV means nothing the vast majority of fighters regularly used IVs during cuts.
What do you think about Israel Adesanya gyno from the last weigh ins? I think this needs to be addressed.
Get Broderick Chavez on! He works with athletes to beat USADA
To be fair. It’s much more taxing on your cardio being wrestling heavy. Before anything costa was a jujitsu guy having a black belt in BJj. So not being experienced in the sport, he went to what he felt was most comfortable but it also took a massive toll on his cardio.
I agree with Derek on Costa's drug use. But I think he didn't dwell this deep on the Romero one. Romero also passes the eye test, he also walks around 210+ and cuts to 185 and still keeps all his muscles, has kept all his muscles over the last 20 years, fought in places where drug testing wasn't that strict... Basically majority of the arguments Derek has used to come at the conclusion that Costa uses drugs.
And before this video, I was rooting for Costa but now.... Mehhh... Thanks Derek for continously enlightening us.
Everyone is on steroids
Mennnn y’all just hating on superior genes white boys be madddddd lmao
Jeff Novitsky’s gunna show up at ur door like Nick Fury in a post-credit scene.. USADA needs u
This is nearly a fucking thesis online for us for free. Thanks man!
I didn't realize you covered MMA related stuff. It's so hard to believe he's achieving what he's achieving from hard work and genetics alone....the human body doesn't work like that for 99.99 percent of humans
Exactly. He's putting in a shit ton of time into his MMA training which includes boxing, wrestling, cardio, etc. To think that he is also lifting weights on top of that, it's going to lead to overtraining. You can't put your whole effort into every thing which is why 90% of these pro athletes are using shit or have used shit in the past. People who dont think so are delusional and probably idiots.
@@BalkanManic it's like seeing buff marathon runners. The body can't handle and recover such amounts of cardio and weightlifting at the same time
@@BalkanManic but he's not really lifting, he's roughly the same size now. As when we first saw him. Somwtimes genetic freaks just exist, and it is unfair that they look like Greek Gods as a byproduct of just regularly training such as striking, grappling, and cardio. We also have to remember he doesn't look like that 90% of the time. We mainly only see him when he's sucked out/cutting. So we have a skewed images of him. Because when Yoel Romero isn't in camp or doing things on fight week, we see just how much of a genetic freak he is. Watdh him on the JRE, he's still jacked as shit and even bigger, then. He sucks himself down to 185. Costa gets fat after fights. And sucking down to 185 makes him get/look jacked. It's more with genetics.
2:15 if you're gonna talk about extreme weight cuts you gotta mention rumble my man
Rumble cut alot of weighy but not from 250 to 185 that is fuckin huge.Rumble would cut from about 220 to 170.You are right though itis crazy weight cut.The UFC need to adopt ONE championship weight cutting policy.
At 55:45 when Harry L asks him about steroid use. His body language instantly responded, when he asked that same question to Israel, Israel's body language also showed signs of usage in the past in a recent interview.
You’re my favorite source of credible information on PEDs and “lifting related” pharmacology. Very thorough
Adesanya has very noticeable gyno for the first time I wonder what’s causing it
Which video for instance? I want to check it
Akash look at his Instagram posts where gas has all the quotes of everyone doubting him, gyno is clear as day
@@GtaHelp0515 thanks bro. I saw it too and he was probably on steroids too at one time
Doctor Squidman lol he’s of a teenager though dude is like 32 years old haha definetely on gear
@@Akash-ug5yh It is not that black and white, educate yourself and don't be stupid.