Topic: Diego Ferreira
Carlos Diego Ferreira Flagged for Potential USADA Violation
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Fighter Details
- Given Name: Carlos Diego Ferreira
- Pro MMA Record: 18-5-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
- Nickname: N/A
- Current Streak: 1 Win
- Age: 1985-01-18 | Date of Birth: 1985.01.18
- Last Fight: May 20, 2023 in UFC
- Weight Class: Lightweight | Last Weigh-In: 154.5 lbs
- Affiliation: Fortis MMA
- Height: 5'9" (175cm) | Reach: 74.0" (188cm)
- Career Disclosed Earnings: $385,000 USD
- Born: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
- Fighting out of: McAllen, Texas
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05.13.2016 | 1:37 PM ET
"“All of a sudden, he was shooting for a takedown, and I’m like, ‘Oh, you’re a wrestler now? Remember, I’m the black belt in jiu-jitsu. And you’re shooting on me now? This is a wrap." - Nate Diaz"
05.13.2016 | 1:46 PM ET
"It does not make sense that humans deliberately malfunction. - Upgrade"
05.13.2016 | 8:58 PM ET
"The only thing predictable about MMA is that it is unpredictable."
05.13.2016 | 9:16 PM ET
"I've been blessed with many things in this life: an arm like a damn rocket, a **** like a burmese python, and the mind of a ******* scientist."
05.13.2016 | 10:28 PM ET
"When Conor fought Cowboy, he looked like a lion. When he fights stronger opponents, he looks like a scared chicken." - Khabib
05.14.2016 | 1:30 AM ET
How far back do we have to go to find a year a Brazilian wasn't popped for PEDs?
Lotta bad kangaroo meat in south america
"Gitsum"
05.14.2016 | 6:28 AM ET
EDIT:: Also, now that USADA's in charge, more Russians have been popped too, basically because the Russians were tested less before USADA took over since American commissions weren't going to travel to Russia to test anyone and USADA does.
PEDs are an MMA sickness, not a Brazilian sickness.
* Edited at 05.14.2016, 6:31 AM ET *
"Hay lohh you Mike, ay lov you Mike. Hyou say somesing like di fo me, and naw I say you ... I LOV YOU! See you som. Boy." -- Yoel Romero, UFC 205
05.14.2016 | 10:40 AM ET
"When Conor fought Cowboy, he looked like a lion. When he fights stronger opponents, he looks like a scared chicken." - Khabib
05.14.2016 | 12:55 PM ET
- Cro Cop (Croatia)
- Tibau (Brazil)
- Romero (Cuba)*
- Brandao (Brazil)**
- Edilov (Russia)
- Means (U.S.)
- Olivieri (Brazil)
- Andrade (Brazil)
- Mir (U.S.)
- Machida (Brazil)
- Makhachev (Russia)
- Ferreira (Brazil)
*Sentence reduced
** Weed
It's a small sample size of 12 failures since USADA went into effect. By nationality, here's the breakdown percentage-wise for countries with more than one failure.
1) Brazil - 50%
2a) U.S. - 16.7%
2b) Russia - 16.7%
Other) - 16.7%
What really matters here is the % of the roster by nationality. Obviously if there are a ton of Brazilians on the roster, more will pop. Doesn't mean they're cheating more. Would need to look into the numbers. But as it stands, Americans make up the largest % of the UFC roster, not Brazil.
We need a bigger sample size. When we're above 20, 30 failures, will paint a clearer picture.
Also, this does not necessarily mean Brazilians are cheating more. Dumb as it may sound, it means they're being caught more often. Could mean they're using more. Could mean they're worse at hiding it.
But to suggest every nationality is popping equally is not true.
"When a game cannot be won, change the game."
05.14.2016 | 1:51 PM ET
Also, I agree, Brazilians seems to be less scientific about it, so they get caught easier, but that's just speculation on my part. If you look into other sports in the US and how much knowledge there is on the matter, naturally there'll be procedures in place that help mask abuse.
But as you said, the post-USADA era is still too young to give us any real insight, I'm just pretty sure almost everyone's on some sort of ... "program" and not mainly Brazilians.
"Hay lohh you Mike, ay lov you Mike. Hyou say somesing like di fo me, and naw I say you ... I LOV YOU! See you som. Boy." -- Yoel Romero, UFC 205
05.14.2016 | 1:57 PM ET
Don't think it's a coincidence that a region that was rarely tested and suddenly is is starting to show signs of heavy abuse. Same with Brazil, a lot of their fighters were kind of protected by CABMMA until now and are suddenly being tested while as testing in the US has always been fairly stricter so the Americans have had to create more sophisticated methods for a longer period of time.
All guesswork, but that's just the feeling I get.
Bisping is the only clean fighter on the planet ;)
"Hay lohh you Mike, ay lov you Mike. Hyou say somesing like di fo me, and naw I say you ... I LOV YOU! See you som. Boy." -- Yoel Romero, UFC 205