fecking hell Zhang turned her into an actual goat.
That's true, so did Renan Barao, Dominick Cruz, Ferguson, Aldo etc.
I actually quite enjoy Rogan as a commentator
He is absolutely guilty of being a hype merchant and sensationalist but can offer some insight at times.
She's a complete fecking idiot. From when she became champion, she became one of the biggest cnuts/bullies I've seen.
I don't think it's the same as someone's political alignment is not relevant to their performance in the cage, but the use of PEDs directly influence a fighters performance. This of course only comes into discussion if you're discussing their place as an in-cage fighter and not the person overall.
My problem with the article is it is totally lacking in empathy and assumes a western moral supremacy.
writing for The guardian. Which means he is obviously extremely liberal in his opinions.
Everything in the west gets framed within western norms, which is fine for those living here.
But there IS evidence that Jones fought having used PEDs. PED as an acronym suggests that any use of it enhances your performance. He used a banned substance (regardless if it was a picogram or a shovel load) and that in itself is cheating. When talking about his in-cage performances, that is something that people will use against Jones and rightly so.
In terms of the PED stuff, I guess we can agree to disagree. For me, the amount is irrelevant. Even if the picogram did nothing in the DC fight, why was it in his system in the first place? And nobody knows for sure if he had done stuff like that before (hiding under the octagon and things like that don't help his cause). It also doesn't help that his performances since that test after DC2 have been shite. But as I said, that's just my personal opinion on that matter and I understand if other people chalk it off to a negligible amount.
It's a useless example because it doesn't help you understand the motives of Khabib from his point of view, and his motives impact in the world he lives within.
The whole region and Russia as whole is homophobic. It's a bit unfair to single out Khabib, you could probably single out 90% of Russian citizens. It's a byproduct of their environment. Homosexuality is bad and people whom don't condemn it can get labelled as a homosexual. It has been that was through the ages in Russia. Of course I'm not condoning the behaviour of the majority of Russians but when you risk being ostracised by all of your family, friends and associates, you'd probably keep quiet too.
He has Putin on speed dial so that's never gonna happen
I agree regarding your point that Khabib should know better as his views are shared across the world. Yeah, I'd say Khabib is probably as homophobic as much as Kadyrov is. If Russia is homophobic, the caucasus region is turned up to 11 in homophobia.
There is some truth to this. One my my closest friends is from that part of the world and says whilst he doesn't share the political beliefs or views of those leaders, he also said if they came to his house, he would let them in with open arms due to fear of safety if he refuses.
