Phil Baroni on Steroids: 'I Want to See the Strongest, Not the Cleanest'

If Phil Baroni had it his way, fighters could take all the steroids they want.

In an interview with fightsportasia.com, the former UFC middleweight gave a rather interesting take on the use of steroids in MMA.

"The New York Bad Ass" has never been one to shy away from saying exactly what's on his mind, and he certainly didn't hold back in this particular interview.

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I want to see the best fighters. I want to see who is the strongest the best. Guys should be able to do whatever it takes to be the strongest. Getting choked and kicked in the head is really bad for you, worse than pot, TRT, or steroids. I don't care who's the cleanest, I wanna see the strongest, the fastest and the most gnarly fighters.

I don't want to see who is the best at passing a drug test. Overeem isn't the only guy taking [expletive]. He just got caught. I wanna see the baddest [expletive] going at it. That's why Pride was the best. I wanna see a 205 [ripped] Wanderlei Silva kill dudes.

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It shouldn't come as much of a surprise that Baroni would back steroid usage. He had a positive testing himself back in 2007 following a loss to Frank Shamrock at Strikeforce.

Fighters like Joe Riggs have often question whether or not the often inflated and toned Baroni uses steroids on a consistent basis.

"He always shows up in shape, looking shredded and puffed up, but I think he'll be pharmaceutically enhanced, too," Riggs said in an old interview with Cage Potato. "Just because he doesn't test positive for steroids doesn't mean he's not on them right now."

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