UFC Grants Brock Lesnar Exemption on Drug Testing WTF

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If you're a professional fighter coming out of retirement, you must notify the UFC and its drug-testing partner, the United States Anti-Doping Agency, four months in advance.

Unless, that is, the UFC says you don't.

That's what happened in the case of heavyweight Brock Lesnar, who returns to MMA competition on July 9 after more than four-and-a-half years away from the sport.

The WWE star's return was revealed on June 4, and according to an official UFC statement released to Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports, he made himself available for USADA drug testing on June 6. That shaves about three months off the typical drug-testing window for an un-retiring UFC athlete.

You can read the rest here: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ck-lesnar-a-special-exemption-on-drug-testing
 
I don't think you fully understand the situation
 
WTF! So Lesnar gets to skip out on drug testing until 4 weeks before the event? So even if they randomly test him, he knows it's in that 4 week time period. Normally it's 4 months out from a fight. Yeah, this isn't fishy. The ufc is corrupt as hell.
 
Did you read the whole article? Or did you read just what you wanted?
 
when I first heard it I was like wtf cause people made it out like he didnt have to take drug tests which would have been nuts.

But he's being treated as a new fighter and not a fighter coming out of retirement.

as long as USADA drug tests him now then I dont really care.
 
You have selective hearing.
 
Jesus Christ

This place is filled with more idiots than ever
 
Look up to see if a thread like this already exists because...There is one!!!!
 
Let's get Hunt's opinion on all this. Where's Ariel when you need him? Oh, right...
 
CC27 said:
when I first heard it I was like wtf cause people made it out like he didnt have to take drug tests which would have been nuts.

But he's being treated as a new fighter and not a fighter coming out of retirement.

as long as USADA drug tests him now then I dont really care.
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There is a big issue when they normally can test a fighter 4 months out from a fight, but he is only being tested a month out from the fight. And he obviously knows that test will be in that 4 week time period.
 
Gotta read between the lines guys.....
 
There's a loophole in his contract and it's not like he isn't getting tested at all, it's just that he only gets entered into the testing pool now.
 
Tormund said:
There's a loophole in his contract and it's not like he isn't getting tested at all, it's just that he only gets entered into the testing pool now.
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That's my whole point. He will get tested, during a 4 week time period and he knows it fall into that time period. Any fighter (and I am not saying Lesnar is on roids) can quit cycling 4 weeks before a fight and still have the benefits. Where as if you can get tested up to 4 months out you obviously can't, without risking getting caught. No one has to be Sherlock Holmes to figure this stuff out.
 
Shoulda put him on a different card if there wasn't enough time for a 4 month testing window. Money is more important than having a clean sport tho.
 
BruceLeeOnTRT said:
Shoulda put him on a different card if there wasn't enough time for a 4 month testing window. Money is more important than having a clean sport tho.
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That's the thing too. He knew he was coming back. He is the one who called Dana (according to Lesnar himself) and his camp has already been put together. He has been planning this comeback.
 
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