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TUF 20's Tecia Torres defends herself against PED accusations, draws harsh response from Carla Esparza
Sep 12, 2014 - 11:10:14 AM TUF 20's Tecia Torres defends herself against PED accusations, draws harsh response from Carla Esparza

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

After her loss to Randa Markos on Wednesday's debut episode of The Ultimate Fighter 20, Tecia Torres has gotten herself into another fight, lashing out against the idea that she was on PEDs prior to TUF.

The feigned allegations haven't been explicit, but with some questioning why she looked less effective and different against Markos than she had in fights prior to the season, she felt the need to respond. In the process, she brought Carla Esparza's name into the conversation, leading to a response from Esparza.

Here's what Torres said on Instagram:

"I'm going to do this once and leave it alone! I have NEVER and I repeat NEVER put any illegal substance in my body in any way shape or form. I have never even had a sip of alcohol in my life, let alone a cigarette, or any drug! I am true to my word about being straight-edged 100 %. I can't help it that I am genetically gifted & my 20 years of hard work, martial arts, and dedication shows! SideNote: And to you Carla @carlaesparza1 who consistently has something to say about my body. I lived with you for 6 weeks and nothing about my body changed! So keep your comments to yourself. The End."

And here's Esparza's response:

"LMAO!!!! You are really going to include my name in this? Alright, so let me start by saying this: for someone who is constantly going on and on about their "college degree" (which I have 1 as well, but don't go bragging about it), you sure seem to not be able to read! Someone commented: "I'm still confused about Tecia. She looked and moved like a different person." I responded, "Interesting observation. I'll say quite a few girls in the house had their theories about that. I'll just leave it at that." Did I say I was accusing you?? Did I say "Yea bc she was totally on roids before and now that she had to be clean for the house, her performance suffered!"?? Nope! Tecia what's sad is, in a way I defended you saying that if you don't know for sure without a doubt, you can't accuse someone. You wanna hear what OTHER people were saying?!? "Oh, that's why she has that mustache and facial hair bc of all the steroids she's done." "Hmm looks like her back acne is clearing up not that she's forced to be clean." "She eat like absolute crap, yet still keeps her build." "Funny how she goes undefeated, but now that she doesn't have her steroids, she loses." Tecia, I'm not saying I agree with those statements, and I wasn't going out of my way to bad mouth you!! That's just what was said, ok!!? I'm not hating on you, I couldn't care less about you. So I'm just gonna let this go, enjoy your time at home, have a nice life. Peace ✌️"

Penick's Analysis: Esparza's response is very much in the "I'm not saying this, I'm just asking questions" vein, putting out the ideas as essential accusations without being bold enough to own them. That's unfortunate, because it's completely petty, and throwing around accusations - even as you try to claim that's not what you're doing - does no one any good unless there's some evidence to back it up. Otherwise it's simply slinging libelous statements through social media.