{"id":91139,"date":"2014-03-26T18:42:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T01:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=91139"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:56:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T19:56:01","slug":"fertitta-in-favor-of-random-drug-testing-just-not-by-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/fertitta-in-favor-of-random-drug-testing-just-not-by-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Fertitta In Favor Of Random Drug Testing, Just Not By The UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/video-ufcs-legalize-new-york-press-conference-from-madison-square-garden\/lorenzopng\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-75620\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75620\" title=\"lorenzoPNG\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lorenzoPNG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lorenzoPNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lorenzoPNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lorenzoPNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think we have to understand at the end of the day we are unlike other sports,\u201d said Fertitta. \u201cWe are regulated and cannot be presumptuous in thinking we can just take away whatever authority [commissions] have and put it in our hands. It\u2019s not that simple.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou have to understand how state regulatory systems work. You have to work in conjunction with them. They issue us a license in order to promote events. It\u2019s not like we\u2019re putting on events on our own. We\u2019re under their jurisdiction.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cVADA has no jurisdiction over a fight. Whether a fight takes place, suspensions, a fighter license &#8212; it\u2019s all relative to the commission. I don\u2019t want to put words in their mouth, but they don\u2019t want to be in a situation where a third party has done testing, they have no idea what happened and are then put in a position where they have to render a decision on something they had nothing to do with.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe commission is more than willing to test for whatever. Georges just wants to make sure they are adhering to the level of a VADA, which I think clearly can be put into place. That\u2019s not a problem.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019re looking at all of those different options,\u201d said Ferttita said. \u201cWe\u2019re embracing whatever we can do to rid the sport of any performance-enhancing drug. It\u2019s not like we haven\u2019t caught people cheating in the past during fights we\u2019ve unfortunately had to fill that role of regulator. When we go to these international territories, we\u2019ve caught a number of people and they\u2019ve been punished severely.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c[Random testing] is happening now. [The NSAC] just tested Vitor and I read they tested Palhares. It\u2019s happening. I don\u2019t know what else people want to do. You can\u2019t have somebody standing outside every MMA fighter\u2019s door, asking them to take a test. There\u2019s only so much you can do, and I think they\u2019ve done a pretty good job of grasping this.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/mma\/post\/_\/id\/20612\/fertitta-backs-commissions-random-tests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN&#8217;s Brett Okamoto<\/a>, UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta, dove deep on the problem with Performance Enhancing Drugs in Mixed Martial Arts.<\/p>\n<p>According to Okamoto&#8217;s account in the interview, Fertitta offered to financially fund any efforts by Athletic commissions to beef up their drug testing policies. But doesn&#8217;t feel the UFC doing it on their own is the proper course of action.<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI think we have to understand at the end of the day we are unlike other sports,\u201d said Fertitta. \u201cWe are regulated and cannot be presumptuous in thinking we can just take away whatever authority [commissions] have and put it in our hands. 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