Steroid testing after UFC sale

[GiTailor]

Will the next company continue being strict on fighters? I hope not.

 

[Dana_is_your_GOD]

Zuffa's all like "Buy the UFC, brah it's a steal."

WME-IMG be like...

 

[Which Doctor]

The Chinese walked for a reason.

Dim Sum was on the USADA banned list.

 

[trident]

Zuffa's all like

It's a sick world

 

[Roger Thornhill]

Considering Dana is still the president and he's invested a lot of media time shouting to everyone to hear how the UFC is "cleaning up the sport," it's a tough climbdown to do a reversal.

The only way they can dump USADA and claim to be running a legitimate sport is if USADA egregiously errs in their testing, like it comes out that they really send the blood-work out to Theranos or something like that.

 

[StayCranked]

no cheating is lame

 

[Dana_is_your_GOD]

USADA be like...

 

[mcdowels]

they should have a steroid and non-steroid fights or divisions.

all the fighters would likely choose to compete in the steroid division

and that would be good for the fans

 

[Deleted member 501827]

Yeah Im sure already having a great drug testing program and then getting rid of it will greatly help their reputation and credibility with the mainstream public and media.

 

[thobra]

I think it's tough to get out of the usada deal now. It will give them a lot of bad publicity, and probably decrease the value.

In general I am all for WADAs work, But I am afraid they will break the UFC. MMA is different, And It is tough to walk into a cage without the confidence a little extra testosterone gives you. Random tests also makes it hard to recover from injuries, And In short time, stem cell therapy will also be on the list, And make 2-3 fights per year very difficult.

I think In a few years, they will be forced out of the deal, but I dont know how they would do it.

 

[LiveFreeorDie]

Besides somehow USADA being proven corrupt, the only other way I could see this changing would be the Ali Act or a fighter's union taking hold.