Update: Cro Cop retires but is suspended, admits to using growth hormone

speeds · Nov 10, 2015

The revenge tour is ended. Cro Cop has withdrawn from his fight with Anthony Hamilton in South Korea.

"I tried to save my shoulder injury and repair in all possible ways. Daily therapies, injections of blood plasma and various cocktails of drugs," he said, regarding the injury (all quotes are rough translations). "[Because of] daily training, the injury only worsened. Part of my muscle snapped, my shoulder has a lot of fluid, and the greatest danger is that the tendon ruptured, and then again in the operation."

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/11/...says-hes-out-of-ufc-seoul-hints-at-retirement

"I am aware that I have come to the end of my martial arts career. [My body has had] nine operations and has become prone to injury," he stated. "My next fight would have been my eightieth and that is a lot. Especially in these competitions: K-1, Pride, IGF and UFC."
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speeds · Nov 10, 2015

The 41-year old finishes with a pro kickboxing record of 23-8 (12 KO's) and an MMA record of 31-11-2-1 (23 KO's).

Cro Cop was the 2012 K-1 World Grand Prix Final Champion, PRIDE Open Weight Grand Prix Champion, and 2003 and 2006 Fighter of the Year.

oldmangrouch · Nov 10, 2015

Great career. In his prime, he was fun to watch.

speeds · Nov 11, 2015

Cro Cop is suspended for a drug policy violation. Developing.

speeds · Nov 12, 2015

http://mmajunkie.com/2015/11/cro-co...ue-to-injuries-admits-to-using-growth-hormone

Growth hormones are on the list of banned substances. I knew that already. But there was no other way to save my shoulder – at least in my mind – without combining the blood plasma with growth hormones.

Unfortunately it turns out the only cure was a good break and rest. But a desperate man will try anything.

After 6 days of growth hormone and plasma injections, the USADA came to test me. I gave them my blood sample and urine samples and immediately told the UFC about the test. I also said that I had been taking blood plasma and growth hormone since nothing else was working.

I wanted to have this fight, at any cost. I knew if I didn’t have the fight after an 8 month layoff, it was the end for me. I could not afford to wait 5 or 6 more months to fight.

The test results are not even finished, and I’m not even sure if they are going to find anything because I used the treatment for a few days to recover my shoulder and fight, that’s it. Now they have given me some kind of suspension because I told them myself that I have been getting the treatment, and to top it all of I pulled out of the fight.

It is stupid to even mention that the hormone only heals the body and that the dosages can probably only be detected for a few (10) days. I would be perfectly clean until the fight.
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