Nate Marquardt

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Nice win for Nate Marquardt tonight over mestizo Brazilian fighter Rousimar Palhares.

Nate nicely escaped a leg lock (what Palhares is known for) and implemented an impressive G&P for the TKO win.

With Sonnen, Maia, Nate, Bisping and maybe Jake Shields, whites are due to get the middleweight belt back soon. I think we may see GSP go up soon as well.
 

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GSP needs to move up to 185.Marquardt is solid,but will always lose to a wrestler. He is an exciting fighter and will be around for many more years. I like the fact that he goes for finishes.But he does not match up well against wrestlers like Sonnen.
 

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Very true about that. Sonnen will likely beat Silva and claim the belt at 185 in January. Not a good match up for Marquardt.

Nate was winning against Anderson before he got caught though and I would give him a good shot at beating him this time.
 

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Former UFC middleweight contender Nate Marquardt's next fight will be as a welterweight.


The UFC announced Wednesday that Marquardt and Anthony Johnson have verbally agreed to meet at UFC on Versus 4 on June 26 at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.


The bout will headline the event.


Marquardt (31-10) makes the move down in weight despite posting a decision win over Dan Miller in his most recent right in March. His entire UFC career, dating back to 2005, has been contested at 185 pounds. He fought for the middleweight title once, dropping a first-round TKO loss to Anderson Silva in 2007.


The 31-year-old is 2-2 since the start of 2010. Both losses came with a title shot on the line.


Johnson (9-3) is coming off a unanimous decision win over Dan Hardy in the co-main event of last month's UFC Fight Night 24 card in Seattle. It was his first test since returning from a knee injury that kept him sidelined for all of 2010.
 

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I like this match for Nate and should be another good win for a white fighter over a great black hype.
 

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WTF? Nate not only is not fighting tomorrow but he just got released from the UFC!

I was in such a good mood and just checking the weigh in results when I saw the news. Talk about a downer.

I hope it is not steroids and maybe just something with his ill-advised cut to 170. If it is just the cut he can stay at 185 and go over to Bellator and wreck Hector Lombard.
 

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I doubt it is HIV. Nate is a family man and unlikely to be living an "alternative lifestyle."

Probably steroids but why the quick cut? Others have tested positive and been given a second chances.
 

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If it was a PED I doubt it was a steriod, I think it was probably something to shed excess water. It's tough to make the drop from 185 to 170 and actually have a good cut, alot of fighters that shed weight end up exausted and it show in their prformance, ex Mike Swick and Kenny Florian in his last fight.
 

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"It's tough to make the drop from 185 to 170 and actually have a good cut, alot of fighters that shed weight end up exausted and it show in their prformance, ex Mike Swick and Kenny Florian in his last fight."

That's a pet peeve of mine. Fighters that lose lots of weight and brag about how great their new diet is always lose:

Carwin, Rogers, Grice, Morecraft are examples just in the month of June.

Cutting weight to become faster or to have more stamina is the absolute worst idea in combat sports.
 

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The guy from the commission said it was something that they (and Marquardt) knew about for six weeks, and that he had six weeks to correct the issue. ???
 

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Marquardt: Elevated Testosterone Caused Exit

Tuesday, June 28, 2011
by Mike Whitman (mwhitman@sherdog.com)

Former UFC middleweight title contender Nate Marquardt Tuesday revealed that elevated testosterone levels caused his sudden and unexpected withdrawal from UFC Live 4.

In what was supposed to mark his welterweight debut, Marquardt was to face Rick Story in Sunday's main event at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. However, on the day of the weigh-ins, Marquardt was denied medical clearance by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission and pulled from the contest that same day. The UFC found a replacement opponent for Story in Charlie Brenneman, and UFC president Dana White announced that Marquardt was not only off the card, but also out of the promotion.

Appearing Tuesday on "The MMA Hour"Â￾ with Ariel Helwani, Marquardt explained that he began feeling "sluggish"Â￾ and "moody"Â￾ last summer. Those feelings turned out to be symptoms of low testosterone, according to the one-time middleweight title challenger.

"I was not medically cleared because of a situation I've been dealing with since August. Last year, I was feeling sluggish and my memory had gone out the window. I was irritable,"Â￾ said Marquardt. "I knew something was wrong. Felt like I was over-training when that wasn't the case."Â￾

The fighter asserted that he began testosterone replacement therapy on the recommendation of his primary care physician. This carried on until his fight with Dan Miller at UFC 128 in March.

"I got the fight with Dan Miller in New Jersey, where I applied for a therapeutic use exemption. They came back and said they would let me fight this fight, but they wanted to make sure that I needed the treatment. They said my doctor submitted paperwork that seemed incomplete,"Â￾ said Marquardt.

"They wanted me to go off treatment for eight weeks, take three blood tests and have an endocrinologist examine them to make sure I still needed treatment. The endocrinologist wrote out a letter that said I had low testosterone and I was a candidate for hormone replacement therapy and that I should go back on treatment."Â￾

By the time the eight-week cycle had been completed, Marquardt was three weeks away from his fight at UFC Live 4. In light of close proximity to the fight, Marquardt claims his doctor recommended he undergo more aggressive treatment in order to combat his symptoms and bring his levels back up to normal.

"[My doctor] said [therapy] wouldn't make me feel better by the time of my fight unless we did a more aggressive treatment,"Â￾ said Marquardt. "So I was on the treatment for two weeks and I took a blood test, which is normal throughout treatment to make sure you're in normal ranges. That test came back high. At that point, my doctor said I should go off treatment and hope that I was down to normal levels. At that point, I was panicked."Â￾

Though Marquardt says his levels did drop during the week of the fight, they did not drop quickly enough. The day before the weigh-ins, his level was still too high, and he was suspended by the commission. However, Marquardt said that he took another test on the day of the fight and found his levels were within range.

"The week of the fight, I requested several tests. Each test showed my levels were going down. I took a test on weigh-in day, and it was still above the range that that commission was going to let me fight,"Â￾ said Marquardt.

"At that point, I was told that I was going to be put on suspension. The day of the fight, I woke up and took a test. That test came back well within ranges. I took a test with a doctor from the commission yesterday, and it had gone down even more so."Â￾

Though Marquardt asserted that he has been honest and he has communicated through the entire process, he did admit that he should have been more informed during his recent therapy.

"We knew I had to be within range. I should have requested testing earlier. That's one of the biggest mistakes I made was not requesting blood tests earlier from my doctor,"Â￾ said Marquardt. "We knew I had to be within range. I should have requested blood tests earlier from my doctor. I'm not a doctor, but I have to take responsibility. My doctor wasn't fighting. I'm the one fighting, and I messed up. There are things I should have done, and I have to take responsibility for that."Â￾"Â￾

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission will meet tomorrow to discuss Marquardt's suspension.

"I spoke to [Commissioner Gregory Sirb] today, and he said I'd essentially met the requirements for my suspension to be lifted,"Â￾ said Marquardt.

Marquardt had split his last four bouts in the Octagon before receiving his walking papers. After falling to Chael Sonnen to begin 2010, "The Great"Â￾ rebounded with a TKO victory over Rousimar Palhares in September before closing out the year with a unanimous decision loss to Yushin Okami in November. Marquardt started 2011 with a victory, besting Dan Miller at UFC 128 in March.

Though Marquardt admitted his weight cut may have increased his levels due to his dehydration, the fighter believes that the cut was not the source of his problems and intends to stay in the welterweight ranks.

"I'll definitely still be at 170 pounds,"Â￾ said Marquardt. "If my levels weren't elevated in the first place, the weight cut wouldn't have made the test higher."Â￾

In regard to his UFC future, Marquardt said he was not surprised that White released him. However, Marquardt hopes that he can overcome the setbacks and return to the UFC.

"It's a nightmare. It's very stressful. At the same time, I lean on my faith in God, and my wife has been so supportive. I'm such a blessed man,"Â￾ said an emotional Marquardt through tears. "I want to apologize to the fans. I feel like I let them down. I feel like I let my family down, and I obviously upset the UFC and my sponsors. I just hope everyone can forgive me. I'm trying my best."Â￾

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Marquardt-Elevated-Testosterone-Caused-Exit-33535

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Nate said that he's going to beat up BJ Penn's little midget head! I admit I laughed a little at that.
 
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