If you’ve ever wanted to see what a Nevada State Athletic Commission hearing looks like from the inside, you might be interested in these videos (courtesy of CageWriter), which show Karo Parisyan getting reamed for his painkiller use, Phil Nurse defending his own reputation, and BJ Penn crying for justice. In the above clip, Karo explains why he took those unapproved meds, and throws himself on the mercy of the commission. The "drifting in and out of the state of reality" line comes at 5:54, and the ruling begins at 7:48, where Commissioner John Bailey lays down the suspension and fine, and suggests that in the future, a mixed martial artist’s entire win bonus should be forfeited if he tests positive for banned substances.
Below, Nurse admits that in retrospect, his use of Vaseline during the St. Pierre/Penn fight "doesn’t look good," and gets grilled about it while BJ Penn stares him down at the other end of the table. After the jump: Penn comes out against all forms of cheating, one commission member basically calls bullshit on the idea that you can ingest something that makes you slippery, and another is just glad that GSP didn’t beat him to death. Plus, Penn’s lawyer Raffi Nahabedian calls for a full-scale investigation on Lubrigate.








The simple solution is GSP and his corner have to be overly cautious and have only stitches or whoever touch his face with vaseline. Commision can wipe him down every round it doesn't matter, this just needs to be put to bed in GSP's next fight so no one can accuse him of greasing. A dominant win over Alves with no chance of greasing should hopefully end this discussion.
I also am not as stark raving mad at Penn for making this complaint like everyone seems to be. If he continues talking long after this hearing is held then yes it will have gone to far. Lets remember that this is the fighters livlihoods and Penn took serious damage that could potentially alter his career (not necessarily but concussions are never good). He could be more prone to ko's now because of that damage who knows and he truly believed that GSP had grease on him, whether it was intentional or not.
GSP is still the best fighter in the UFC and will prove it with a win over Alves and end this once and for all.
p.s. thanks cage for posting those vids those were cool. I didn't think they would film and release that kind of stuff.