{"id":353586,"date":"2020-06-18T10:03:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T17:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=353586"},"modified":"2020-06-18T10:07:29","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T17:07:29","slug":"cung-le-looks-back-on-drug-testing-fiasco-with-ufc-they-threw-me-under-the-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/cung-le-looks-back-on-drug-testing-fiasco-with-ufc-they-threw-me-under-the-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"Cung Le looks back on drug-testing fiasco with UFC: They &#8220;threw me under the bus&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2014, shortly after a TKO loss to Michael Bisping in Macau, Cung Le tested positive for elevated levels of Human Growth Hormone (HGH). The UFC promptly handed Le a nine-month suspension, which was later elevated to a twelve-month term.<\/p>\n<p>Fight fans were quick to pile-on and vilify Le\u2014but things were not as cut-and-dry as they seemed.<\/p>\n<p>In the weeks following Le&#8217;s failed drug test, it became clear that his result was due to a handful of errors and oversights on the part of the UFC and its partners.<\/p>\n<p>While operating in Macau, which does not have its own athletic commission, the UFC operated as its own governing body, and hired a local testing facility to undertake anti-doping measures. As it turned out, this facility was not WADA-approved, and made a number of key errors in its testing procedures\u2014most notably testing Le after a gruelling fight, at which point HGH levels would naturally be higher.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"castos-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/bjpenn.castos.com\/player\/204800\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They said I took HGH,&#8221; Lee recounted o<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n the latest episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/radio\/bjpenn-com-radio-ep-128-cung-le-sunny-singh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BJPENN.com Radio<\/a>. &#8220;Dr. [Don] Caitlin, an Olympic testing specialist, didn&#8217;t stick up for me because he knew me or liked me. He stuck up for his 10 years of research saying that UFC&#8217;s claims against me for taking HGH were wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">f you&#8217;re doing testing, you have to test when [the test subject] is fasted and when their resting heart rate is normal or when they just woke up,&#8221; Le continued. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;They literally tested me and Michael right after the fight. I was clean of everything else. I even took another test and put it out there and compared the two tests. Of course my HGH level was spiked because I literally got blood drawn out of me right after the fight. They pulled me back to the bathroom when I was all bloody, I actually had just lost the fight. I went four and a half rounds against Michael Bisping. Of course my levels are going to be elevated. I&#8217;m bleeding out of my face, the bone underneath my eye was broken. So my body was trying to heal itself right then and there, of course my HGH level&#8217;s going to be through the roof. And then f<\/span>or them to throw me under the bus&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cung Le continued, explaining that his and Bisping&#8217;s tests were destroyed immediately after the fact, which also damaged the credibility of the claims against him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> asked them, &#8216;hey, where&#8217;s Michael&#8217;s test?&#8217; [I said] &#8216;I want to do the blood test again, let&#8217;s do it again.&#8217; They&#8217;re like, &#8216;Oh, it&#8217;s been destroyed.&#8217; So right there I knew if you&#8217;re not on their team, if you&#8217;re not with them, you&#8217;re against them.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just prior to his fight with Bisping, Le had been offered a new eight-fight deal with the UFC. He says he declined to sign it because he wasn&#8217;t able to connect with his lawyer, but the UFC encouraged him to sign anyway, evidently upset by his reluctance.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Right before I left, they wanted me to sign another eight-fight deal,&#8221; Le said. &#8220;I would&#8217;ve signed it. I was already thinking of moving down in weight, because all these guys [at middleweight] are so huge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I mentioned that to Dana[ white],&#8221; he added. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t sign my deal memo right then and there, because my lawyer was out of town. They wanted me to sign it right then and there, like literally the day before I flew out to Vietnam to finish up my training camp so I could acclimate to the time in China.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Le&#8217;s failed drug test and resulting suspension were ultimately rescinded for precisely the reason he describes above. After this fiasco, however, he decided against signing a new deal with the UFC, and instead requested his release from the promotion.<\/p>\n<p>He has not fought since.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Cung Le is involved in an anti-trust lawsuit against the UFC. He&#8217;s also working as a brand ambassador for a new combat sports promotion called <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ekic\/new-combat-sports-promotion-ekic-to-showcase-boxing-bare-knuckle-and-kumite-bouts\/\">EKIC<\/a>, which places significant importance on treating fighters properly.<\/p>\n<p>Give EKIC a follow on social media! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EKICLive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EKIC.ExtremeKumiteInternationalChampionships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ekiclive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><br \/>\nCheck out their site here <a href=\"http:\/\/ekicllc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EKICLLC.COM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2014, shortly after a TKO loss to Michael Bisping in Macau, Cung Le tested positive for elevated levels of Human Growth Hormone (HGH). 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