And it's already been stated. The dude has severe nerve damage. He had a dead nerve cluster surgically removed.
He has a legit reason to take painkillers--which diminish performance. But he's not on steroids.
let me enlighten you a bit....
bas used painkillers his entire career..... his last fight in the Netherlands (where he lost to Frank Lobman)
he used lidocaine.... that was the reason he lost... according to him..... seeing the fight Lobman was just better lol!
without painkillers you will never see another fight again... and they do ENHANCE.. you do not feel pain... how is that not enhancement???
and a legit reason?? please... just because he paid some doc to prescribe it to him??? like i said he was always using painkillers.... like all fighters..... they all have injuries.....
also there were some problems with GoldenGlory.... and the man behind Golden Glory ( a convicted murderer)
mr. Nyqvist is big buddies with Rutten....
Overeem was also buddies with Rutten... and Rutten was saying Overeem was the top Heavyweight in the world .... up until Overeem sued GG for not paying him correctly.... GG is a band of crooks, period...
and insted of behaving like an adult... Rutten now only can say negative things about Overeem his fighting and whatever the man does business wise.... while Overeem never said anything bad about Rutten, never....
So Rutten is not very sincere at all..... he lost a lot of fans in the Netherlands with his childish attitude... he must be living in the USA for to long.... lol!!