{"id":88149,"date":"2014-03-01T09:55:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T17:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=88149"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:00:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:00:21","slug":"bellator-boss-happy-with-trt-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/bellator-boss-happy-with-trt-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellator Boss Happy With TRT Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/dollar-for-dollar-word-for-word-bellator-boss-says-they-matched-ufcs-offer-to-alvarez-mma-news\/bjorn-rebney-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-49179\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49179\" title=\"bjorn rebney\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bjorn-rebney.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bjorn-rebney.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bjorn-rebney-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bjorn-rebney-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;I&#8217;ve had the same opinion on [TRT], and the same stance on it since the first time I asked the question. I just never felt that the controls were tight enough to be able to allow it to occur. When guys use it it&#8217;s an unfair advantage. If you&#8217;re going to equalize the playing field, the best way to equalize the playing field is to eliminate it in totality. I&#8217;ve never wavered on that&#8230;it is an unfair advantage when misused. Anybody who&#8217;s in this sport recognizes that people misuse it&#8230; It&#8217;s unfortunate for guys who have a legitimate physical defect. But they&#8217;re on the side of doing it right for everybody, and the vast majority are going to be able fight clean now and not have to fight against somebody who isn&#8217;t [on TRT]. So I think it&#8217;s a good move.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>During his Bellator 110 post-fight media scrum, Bellator boss Bjorn Rebney, touched on Nevada&#8217;s recent ban of TRT.<\/p>\n<p>The ban, according to his account, will not effect his roster at all since he says none of his contracted fighters have used the controversial therapy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve had the same opinion on [TRT], and the same stance on it since the first time I asked the question. I just never felt that the controls were tight enough to be able to allow it to occur. When guys use it it&#8217;s an unfair advantage. If you&#8217;re going to equalize the playing field, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":49179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44],"tags":[10040,126,11,649,3266,15,16],"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>Bellator Boss Happy With TRT 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\/mma-news\/bellator\/bellator-boss-happy-with-trt-ban\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bellator Boss Happy With TRT Ban | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8220;I&#8217;ve had the same opinion on [TRT], and the same stance on it since the first time I asked the question. 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