{"id":22206,"date":"2012-04-26T16:11:41","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T23:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=22206"},"modified":"2012-04-26T16:11:41","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T23:11:41","slug":"333about-peds-i-says-they-have-no-place-in-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/333about-peds-i-says-they-have-no-place-in-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Mu\u00f1oz speaks out about PEDs &#124; says &quot;they have no place in MMA&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mark-Munoz-New-Site.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22249\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>By Evan Stoumbelis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UFC Middleweight Mark Mu\u00f1oz spoke about performance enhancing drugs today during a podcast interview.  With the increasing drama revolving around UFC fighters and PEDs, most recently Alistair Overeem, it&#8217;s no surprise that more and more fighters are discussing PEDs in interviews.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe thing about PEDs, everyone wants to get an edge on the competition, but I feel with PEDs you\u2019re actually cutting your life shorter. I think when you take such drugs it\u2019s damaging your body in a way, because anything synthetically enhanced, it\u2019s going to do something bad to your body in the long term. For me, I\u2019m a father and a husband, so I want to be here later on. So if I\u2019m taking something synthetic, it\u2019s just going to disrupt the natural process of the body and then shut down your kidneys or give you diverticulitis in your 30s or give you heart disease. If they did research on PEDs, (they\u2019d find) it really does shorten your life. So if I\u2019m taking PEDs, I\u2019m shortening my life, and therefore I\u2019m not looking towards my first priority, which is my family.  PEDs is cheating. Stop cheating \u2014 there\u2019s no substitute for hard work. If you don\u2019t want to work hard, do something else! Stop cheating!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Interesting, did anyone else flash to Brock Lesnar when Mu\u00f1oz mentioned diverticulitis?<\/p>\n<p>Mu\u00f1oz will be returning to action at UFC on Fuel TV 4 against undefeated Chris Weidman.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Evan Stoumbelis: UFC Middleweight Mark Mu\u00f1oz spoke about performance enhancing drugs today during a podcast interview. 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