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For once, a trojan gets punished for a crime.
At the Mausoleum this weekend, ex-usc Wide Receiver Johnnie Morton tried Mixed Martial Arts, apparently cheated, and was the Receiver of not one but TWO brutal punishments.
The reason why it's assumed that Morton was cheating is that after the short fight, he refused to take the mandatory drug test, even though he knew that he would have to forfeit his share of the pot, and be dishonorably suspended from the sport.
After he walked into a right hand just THIRTY-EIGHT SECONDS into what was supposed to be a 3-round, 9-minute fight, he was probably praying for a suspension, so he would never have to enter the ring again. But Morton obviously needed the money (allegedly $100K) or he never would have considered this line of work. Therefore, he must have had a damn good reason for refusing to pee in their cup.
Of course the obvious first thought is steroids, since the slight Flanker needed to add muscle in a hurry for this new career. But it is being reported that Morton took a drug test BEFORE the fight. It's doubtful that he would just take a handful of steroids right before a fight. More likely: Lindsay Lohan's stash of blow filtered through the LAPD (which sc owns), right into the nose of Morton. Perhaps he did it on the spur of the moment, right before the fight, just to fire up. In the midst of all the excitement, maybe he just momentarily forgot about the POST-fight test.
Another possibility is that he was able to SWITCH URINE before the fight, but afterwards, they were watching too closely -- because of the concussion -- so he wasn't able to access his stash of clean urine. If that's the case, then we're back to STEROIDS being the likely violation of choice. And it's not likely that they would have been hard to come by, with all his sc contacts.
It will be interesting to see what excuse Morton and his trojan support system come up with. Maybe they'll blame the after-effects of the blow to the head (the fist "blow," not the Tony Montana "blow").
The punch wasn't that strong, but the way Morton's head just leaned right into it and then snapped back made it look devastating. Morton collapsed to the canvas, looking like he had lost all sense of reality. Meanwhile, his opponent, an African Stand-Up Comedian, was dancing around, hugging his corner men, and celebrating his best PUNCHLINE ever, while Morton was fitted for a neck brace.
Before we go any further, rest assured that he's okay now -- If he were paralyzed, this article wouldn't exist. That being said, it should be okay to note with glee that the neck brace and the stretcher were both BLUE & GOLD. You can check it out on youtube -- They have the whole fight (all 38 seconds), plus a slo-mo of the knockout punch, commentary about how unprepared and overconfident Morton was, and coverage of Morton being strapped into the life-saving blue & gold medical equipment. Morton's a lucky guy -- The Coliseum could have really BEEN his Mausoleum.
We're very happy that Morton avoided serious injury -- Like we said -- We couldn't do the article if he didn't.
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