Serious Steroid Allegations Made About Golden Glory Gym — Home of Alistair Overeem

Translation by way of Head Kick Legend, K-1 kickboxer Zabit Samedov speaks to ValeTudo.ru: Almost all Dutch fighters juice. For example, in Golden Glory…

By: Nate Wilcox | 13 years ago
Serious Steroid Allegations Made About Golden Glory Gym — Home of Alistair Overeem
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Translation by way of Head Kick Legend, K-1 kickboxer Zabit Samedov speaks to ValeTudo.ru:

Almost all Dutch fighters juice. For example, in Golden Glory it’s almost a part of the club’s policy. They shoot up and fight like it’s nothing. Because of that when they get to the ring they start raging. Think about it yourself, how could Bard Hari change his physical complexion so much in two years?

Karaev trained in Holland and said that Zimmerman shoots up in front of everyone and only after that starts training. Look at what an elephant Zimmerman had become in just two years. But most of these fighters pass all medical tests for steroids.

How? They consume extremely high level new pharmaceutical drugs and go through a very expensive three months cycle. So they can get huge.

Golden Glory is, of course the home of Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem. It is very important to note that these are allegations made with no supporting evidence offered by Samedov. It’s also essential to note that Samedov specifically names fighters that he has lost to recently. And finally Samedov himself has failed a steroid test in the past.

Nevertheless, where there is smoke, sometimes there is fire.

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Nate Wilcox
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Nate Wilcox is the founding editor of BloodyElbow.com. As such he has hired every editor and writer to work for the site. Wilcox’s writing for BE is known for its emphasis on MMA history, the evolution of fighting techniques and strong opinions. Wilcox developed the SBN MMA consensus rankings which were featured in USA Today from 2009 to 2011. Before founding BE, Wilcox was a political operative working for such figures as Senators John Kerry and Mark Warner and an early political blogger. He is the co-author of Netroots Rising, a history of the political blogosphere from 2003 to 2007. Wilcox also hosts the Let It Roll podcast on music history for the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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