ESPN reports that Cung Le is expected to appeal his one-year UFC suspension for testing positive for elevated levels of human grown hormone (hGH). The appeal provides a unique scenario in which a UFC fighter will appeal a drug suspension to the UFC acting in the capacity of regulatory authority.
Dana White confirmed that Le has a right to file an appeal which will be overseen by a third-party arbitrator. The arbitration will be through the American Arbitration Association which is standard for many contracts where there are arbitration clauses.
White states in the article that a WADA-certified lab was not used to collect the blood samples for the August 23rd fight card in Macau because the drug testing was decided upon that week. Le’s manager notes that there was a WADA-approved lab in Beijing, China but was not used. A Hong Kong contracted lab was utilized instead.
No date has been set for the arbitration.
Payout Perspective:
A look at a standard UFC contract indicates that a fighter may appeal to a regulatory body and/or commission that oversee drug testing. However, we presume that the UFC was not named as an entity a fighter could appeal to as the ESPN piece initially indicated that Le’s appeal was “breaking news.” If Le’s contract with the UFC had language that he could appeal his drug suspension to whatever entity was regulating the drug tests, it would not really be breaking news. This poses the question of what the UFC should do in the future with more international cards on the horizon yet know concrete policy in place on how to address testing and the potential for appeals of the process.
Le’s appeal will be an interesting case considering the points raised by Le’s manager in response to the positive drug test. Initially thought as damage control, it appears that Le might have raised viable case against the test results. In the end, it points to a problem for the UFC.
Good to see that Mayhem Miller is finally getting his sh*t together..
Why did you guys pull the Standard & Poor’s Downgrade story?
“It is ironic that there are reports that the UFC office in China is closing when the S&P report identifies international expansion as a key to produce additional revenue for the company. Also, the report stresses the need for more fighters that will appeal to its core youth demo the same week that the Sports Business Journal comes out with a report that the company is in search for more stars.
What a week for the UFC. The UFC’s credit rating is downgraded, Cung Le will appeal the UFC’s suspension which could reveal a rather shaky drug testing policy, the UFC reportedly closes its office in China and a former UFC fighter live-tweets a standoff with a SWAT team. Is it Friday yet?”
Didn’t know Zuffa had the power to pull this insightful article.
Le is innocent. It’s perfectly plausible that a 40 year fighter gets in better shape than he’s ever been in his life through diet and exercise. He probably just super-loaded protein. #JusticeForCungLe
Yeah, Jake, you figured it out, it is a giant conspiracy….idiot.
By the way, how retarded are you with the drug testing policy? If they are catching fighters that are cheating, their drug testing policy is obviously working, not to mention as we speak, they are putting together a policy that will randomly blood test fighters in camp which would be light years ahead of every other major sport including boxing which has arguably the weakest testing policies.
The quote was from the pulled article D.
BTW I hope you’re getting paid for coming to the zuffa rescue on every single post on this site, brainsmasher held it down for years but you’ve taken it to the next level. Either they are paying you or you’re the most loyal zuffa apologist I’ve ever seen on any site or forum.
I’ve never seen an article pulled from this site so it makes you wonder why/who pulled it.
Carry on defending the zuffa honor D.
I hope you and your 30 aliases are getting paid “Jake” for trolling on this website like the parasite that you are. I can tell Richard Schaeffer has his balls in your mouth as we speak, but for God’s sake, do yourself a favor and come up for some air. HAHA!!
Carry on being a faggot for boxing promoters homo.
Jake, I didn’t notice the story. When was it posted?
Poor D, the voices in his head tell him that anything said that isn’t pro Zuffa is the same poster trolling him.
You are having to work overtime lately with all these bad articles coming out, don’t worry though D. It’s all just boxing fans trolling you, the zuffa business is doing great.
You keep fighting the good fight, Dana will promote you one day.
Bahahaha yea blame boxing promoters for exposing the truth about the UFC/MMA.
How about t blaming the ufc for trying to dupe the fans and fighters with lies and bullshit! How about we are just fans who are tired of having our intelligence insulted by a lame organization, who has no respect for its fighters or fans! Only a fool would defend them and blame all the exposure of their deception on boxing! How fucking pathetic and sad!
HAHAHAHA!! How pathetic that you are such a weasel, you can’t even admit you have 10 other aliases on here. Goes to show what kind of fag you are for boxing promoters.
You are having to work overtime lately as well, seeing the expansion of your aliases grow.
Maybe some day Schaeffer, will take his balls out of your mouth and actually let you do some real work, good luck with that though seeing how you are a total queen.
Google:
“Standard & Poor’s downgrades Zuffa to BB-”
The article is going to link you to mmapayout but it’s been deleted.
You can find it on the global-mma link right under it.
It’s a long article with a lot of insight, don’t know why they would go through the trouble then delete it.
D must have called his boss.
Yeah, “Jake”, it is all a grand conspiracy to upset the boxing homo trolls on here. You cracked the case though, I’m sure Schaeffer will reward you with his dick in your ass. HAHAHA!!
You should put on that tin foil hat D.
If not I’m going to get in your head and make you a boxing troll.
Hey, what a surprise, the other fag boxing cocksucker, welfare to work is here. Way to go Saldaqueef.
How about getting Bob Arum’s dick out of your mouth Sal? How about not defending career criminal boxing promoters who fag on you Sal? How about losing the Stockholm Syndrome Sal? HAHAHA!!!
“Jake”, why don’t you bring back Sampson’s character, he had a way with words, eerily similar to yours. HAHAHA!!! Fag boy.
bahahaha how pathetic bahahahaha D is a low level blogger with a dying market and no funds bahahahhaa D will need to figure out something new to do for the pathetic pay he must get bahahahha On another note rough week for the UFC bahahahah ass clown!
HAHAHA!! How pathetic is Sal, this Bob Arum boxing cocksucker fag. I guess he’s got you working full throttle gay boy.
D cant afford toilet paper or a toilet in his third world life of desperation let alone tin foil, hey D try jumping in a puddle to wash your ass you filthy human being. Must be a sad existence having your entire family be money grubbing third world filthy pathetic humans who cant even wash properly. You have internet but still stink like poo! bahahahaa On another note ANOTHER SHITTY WEEK FOR THE ufc bahahaha
Sal can’t afford new diapers because Arum’s been holding out on him lately, so he’s gotta work overtime trolling to receive them. This shit smelling, pathetic, 50 year old, geriatric, dirty fuck, has to troll for food. HAHAHAHAHA!!