{"id":149674,"date":"2015-06-15T12:33:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T19:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=149674"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:04:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:04:40","slug":"usada-ceo-ufc-will-have-no-involvement-in-drug-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/usada-ceo-ufc-will-have-no-involvement-in-drug-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"USADA CEO: ‘UFC Will Have NO Involvement In Drug Testing’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earlier in June, Ultimate Fighting Championship made a big step in order to clean up the sport of mixed martial arts. They announced the \u2018most comprehensive anti-doping policy<\/a>\u2019 and became very proactive about drug testing their athletes.<\/p>\n

The CEO of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), Travis Tygart, has stated how impressed he was at how fast UFC wanted to start their testing<\/a>. Now, he reveals more details in an interview with MMAFighting<\/a>. Tygart stated that the USADA would not have struck a deal with the UFC if Dana White and company wanted to facilitate the testing; it’s completely out of their hands.<\/p>\n

“They’re removed themselves,” Tygart said. “We weren’t gonna be involved with a program if the sport continued to decide all the material things that made an independent program independent or not. That includes who is tested. They have no involvement in that.<\/p>\n

“We decide who and when to investigate and to open investigations. We then decide when a particular case is brought, whether or not it contains a positive test or not.”<\/p>\n

It’s obvious this deal is good for the sport, but is drug testing good for the UFC? Do you expect to see some big test-failures? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!<\/p>\n

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