{"id":132156,"date":"2015-03-06T09:47:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T17:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=132156"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:45:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:45:54","slug":"weidman-reacts-silvas-peds-id-retire-early-using-steroids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-reacts-silvas-peds-id-retire-early-using-steroids\/","title":{"rendered":"Weidman Reacts To Silva&#8217;s PEDS &#8212; &#8216;I&#8217;d retire early before using steroids&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pMgeYDBRL0c\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I was always under the belief that at least the top guys weren&#8217;t taking [PEDs]. I really believed that. I was naive. I thought taking steroids and performance enhancers is a mental weakness that the top, cream of the crop guys didn&#8217;t have to take. It was the guys that weren&#8217;t capable of being the best that needed them to try to hang with the best.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m just completely surprised by Anderson Silva. I&#8217;m not the guy who likes to kick people when they&#8217;re down so I&#8217;m not going to smear [Silva&#8217;s] name any more than it&#8217;s been smeared. I&#8217;m going to say it&#8217;s disappointing. I just always thought the champions, if you look at them, muscular-wise, they&#8217;re not these jacked up guys.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The thing that bothers me the most about this Anderson Silva thing and different guys getting caught, is that it&#8217;s more about the younger guys coming up. Now they&#8217;re going to think they have to start taking steroids. 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