Dana on steroids to ESPN Magazine: "Moving forward, I am putting the bitch slap on guys who get caught using steroids from here on out." He added: "They're not going to get paid. I take care of all of my guys. If you fight your ass off for me, you'll get paid. But what I'm going to do is: I'm going to wait and see if they pass their drug tests. If they don't, you're going to get paid what's in your contract and that's it."
In other words, all bonuses and such would be withheld, which for top main eventers can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, and at the very tippy-top level into the six figures.
He said: "I've known Sean Sherk for a long time. He's a really good man. He trains hard and has worked hard to get where he's at. You and me probably have six nanograms [of the steroid Nandrolone] in our system; he had 12. Other guys who've been busted for the same steroid have had over 50 nanograms in their system. What my experts tell me is, there's no way that he would only have 12 in his system. I'm not his father. If he did it, he'll have to face the consequences. People make mistakes. If your life was over every time you make a mistake, that's pretty fucking harsh. How many times do I have to tell people not to use steroids? It's to the point where it's just stupid."
Actually, Dana and ESPN Magazine almost certainly do NOT have 6 nanograms of Nandrolone in their system. Probably closer to 1 or 2.
Regarding Franca claiming he had to take steroids because he hurt his ankle: "That's one of the dumbest things ever said. He said he twisted his ankle. It happens all the time. He called us and said he was hurt. Two days later, he said he could fight. Nobody is ever forced to fight. I can go down the list and tell you 50 guys who've pulled out of fights because of an injury."
He was asked if he was going to do anything other than withhold money:
"What else am I going to do? Kick these guys' asses? You want to drag these guys and their families into the center of town and stone them? What else can you do? Their lives are fucked. They lose their ability to make a living for a year. At the end of the day, these guys are stupid for doing steroids."
For those wondering, yes, they'd also be stripped of their title. He said nobody tested positive in Belfast.
"No, nobody tested positive. I'm not lying or B.S.-ing. Nobody tested positive. If they did, I would tell you. The reason it's never been out there is because nobody ever asked me or Marc Ratner. We have an independent company that comes in and drug-tests the guys. We do it the same way the commission does it. Plus, when we went over there, we flew a lot of the Nevada commission inspectors over there to stand there and make sure the right guy was pissing in the cup".
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