{"id":196389,"date":"2016-06-10T23:40:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T06:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=196389"},"modified":"2016-06-10T23:40:20","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T06:40:20","slug":"mark-hunt-usada-exemption-wont-save-lesnar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mark-hunt\/mark-hunt-usada-exemption-wont-save-lesnar\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Hunt: USADA exemption won&#8217;t save Lesnar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-ufc-199-super-slow-motion-highlights\/\">UFC 199 broadcast<\/a> this past weekend, it was announced that Brock Lesnar would be returning to the UFC at UFC 200 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mark-hunt\/mark-hunt-blasts-brock-lesnar-ahead-of-ufc-200\/\">to fight Mark Hunt<\/a> in the co-main event of the historic card.<\/p>\n<p>In the following days it was revealed that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/brock-lesnar\/brock-lesnar-waived-mandatory-four-month-usada-drug-testing\/\">Lesnar had been granted a USADA exemption<\/a> and missed the first 3 cycles of USADA testing, but would be tested in the month leading up to the fight.<\/p>\n<p>While a red flag went off for many fans and fighters, Mark Hunt doesn&#8217;t believe the exemption will save Lesnar from being knocked out. With that being said, he certainly isn&#8217;t happy to hear Lesnar is exempt. He spoke to Fox Sports Australia to discuss the situation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmaweekly.com\/mark-hunt-doesnt-think-brock-lesnars-ufc-200-usada-exemption-is-fair\" target=\"_blank\">MMAWeekly<\/a> has the quotes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>I don\u2019t think that\u2019s fair. I think it\u2019s load of (expletive). I think it\u2019s rubbish. I don\u2019t think anyone should be exempt from testing. If they\u2019re trying to clean the sport up \u2014 mixed martial arts \u2014 this is a bad way to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s an even playing field, but it doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re not going to get knocked out. Frank Mir was juicing and he got knocked out. The same thing\u2019s going to happen with Brock Lesnar.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the UFC 199 broadcast this past weekend, it was announced that Brock Lesnar would be returning to the UFC at UFC 200 to fight Mark Hunt in the co-main event of the historic card. 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