Deadspin<\/a> titled, “A Sketchy Drug Test Didn\u2019t Stop Vitor Belfort From Fighting At UFC 152″ which accused Belfort of having abnormal and elevated levels of testosterone walking into his bout with Jon Jones at UFC 152. UFC Vice President of Public Relations Dave Sholler spoke out about the report and accusations after UFC 192 concluded.<\/p>\n\u201cAny suggestion or inference there was a cover-up is just categorically false. That period of time with TRT is one that was very tricky for everyone \u2013 for the UFC, for athletic commissions, and for athletes alike,\u201d Sholler said. \u201cI think when everybody came to a conclusion that it didn\u2019t have a place in the sport and was outlawed in 2014, we were quick to make sure that we, too, followed suit, as Nevada had said.”<\/p>\n
Sholler continued to go on about how UFC is helping cleaning up the sport by partnering up with USADA for random drug tests of their fighters.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs you look at it today, we\u2019ve signed on with one of the greatest and most stringent drug testing policies in the world through USADA,\u201d Sholler said. \u201cSo our positioning on anti-doping in the sport is the same: We have no place for it in our sport, and we\u2019re going to, through Jeff Novitzky and the USADA folks, continue to be aggressive to make sure that performance-enhancing drugs have no place in the UFC.\u201d<\/p>\n
Do you think the UFC had any part in covering up Vitor Belfort’s drug test before UFC 152 took place? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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