The UFC announced on Tuesday that Fabricio Werdum has been notified of a potential anti-doping violation by USADA. The flagged test is from an out-of-competition test taken on April 25th. Werdum’s last fight was a knockout loss to Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night 127. Werdum took to social media to proclaim his innocence stating […]
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USADA open to explaining UFC anti-doping cases
USADA has indicated that it may be open to “reasoned decisions” when it comes to resolution of cases with a UFC fighter. USADA CEO Travis Tygart told MMA Junkie that the agency would be open to providing the underlying facts of a case and provide context for how and why an agency makes the decision. […]
Compounding pharmacies cause of 3 UFC fighters’ failed USADA tests
Junior dos Santos, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Marcos Rogerio de Lima have accepted six-month USADA suspensions after their supplements were traced back to compounding pharmacies that allegedly sold tainted supplements. Compounding pharmacies prepare their medications onsite according to specifications contained in a written prescription instead of receiving their drug inventories like retail pharmacies and drugstores. […]
Nick Diaz accepts one-year USADA ban…which ends next week
USADA announced that Nick Diaz has accepted a one-year sanction for Whereabouts Failures reporting pursuant to the UFC Anti-Doping Policy. The suspension is retroactive to April 19th of last year and thus he will be available to fight by next week. Via USADA release: USADA announced today that Nick Diaz, of Stockton, Calif., has accepted […]
The Interview: Ally Quinney and Sam Erhlich
The Interview talks with Florida State University doctrinal students Ally Quinney and Sam Erhlich as they recently presented an upcoming paper at the Sports and Recreation Law Association Conference regarding the privacy concerns with USADA and the UFC anti-doping policy. In addition to their presentation, we discuss the recent Jon Jones hearing and the Josh […]