{"id":87986,"date":"2014-02-28T11:38:02","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T19:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=87986"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:00:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:00:34","slug":"trt-user-chael-sonnen-releases-statement-on-recent-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/trt-user-chael-sonnen-releases-statement-on-recent-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"TRT User Chael Sonnen Releases Statement On Recent Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/quick-twitt-belfort-machida-davis-all-ask-for-shot-at-sonnen\/sonnen-13\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-66932\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66932\" title=\"sonnen\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/sonnen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/sonnen.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/sonnen-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/sonnen-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u201cThe rules are the rules \u2013 that\u2019s it. Yesterday, it was legal, so quit complaining. Today, it\u2019s illegal. That\u2019s it. Quit complaining. End of conversation. Testosterone\u2019s out.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chael P. Sonnen made headlines after his first defeat at the hands of Anderson Silva. It was then that we learned he was using TRT to assist with a medical condition. While he remains one of the more prominent users of the therapy, Sonnen is far from the only UFC fighter on the stuff.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with FOX Sports, Sonnen simply said, &#8216;rules are rules.&#8217; Which will likely signify the end of his use as well? Perhaps?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe rules are the rules \u2013 that\u2019s it. Yesterday, it was legal, so quit complaining. Today, it\u2019s illegal. That\u2019s it. Quit complaining. End of conversation. Testosterone\u2019s out.\u201d Chael P. Sonnen made headlines after his first defeat at the hands of Anderson Silva. It was then that we learned he was using TRT to assist with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":66932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[199,11,649,15,7323,16,1063],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>TRT User Chael Sonnen Releases Statement On Recent Ban | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/trt-user-chael-sonnen-releases-statement-on-recent-ban\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TRT User Chael Sonnen Releases Statement On Recent Ban | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cThe rules are the rules \u2013 that\u2019s it. 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