The UFC announced details of its new drug policy at a press conference Wednesday. The United States Anti-Doping Agency will take the reins as a third-party administrator for the UFC policy. The new rules will take effect July 1, 2015. Among the new shift in policy is that contracted UFC fighters will be subject to year-round […]
Drug Testing
Alves-Condit not tested prior to UFC Fight Night 67
MMA Junkie reports that UFC Fight Night 67 main eventers Carlos Condit and Thiago Alves have not been drug tested by the Brazilian athletic commission, the Comissao Atletica Brazileira de MMA (CABMMA) prior to their fight Saturday. The commission indicated that all of the fighters on the card would be tested on fight night but […]
California passes law enforcing harsher penalties for failed drug tests in combat sports
MMA Junkie reports that the California state senate passed a bill that will grant the state athletic commission to withhold 40 percent of a licensed fighter’s pay in the event of a positive drug test. The bill was supported by the UFC which spent $30,000 so far this year in the state of California. The […]
W Silva wins reversal and remand of NSAC ban, fine
ESPN.com reports that a Nevada state district court judge has reversed and remanded the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s lifetime ban and $70,000 fine issued against Wanderlei Silva last year. Judge Kerry L. Earley determined that while the NSAC had jurisdiction over Silva, the punishment was “arbitrary, capricious and not supported by substantial evidence.” Judge Earley’s […]
Prior to recent legal troubles, Jones threatened NSAC with lawsuit for December drug test
MMA Junkie reports that an attorney for Jon Jones threatened to sue the Nevada State Athletic Commission for releasing results of Jones’ drug test which revealed his positive test for using cocaine. Ross Goodman wrote on behalf of Jones claiming that the fighter’s privacy was invaded due to the release of the drug test results […]