Brock Lesnar Still Under A UFC Contract
MMAFighting.com has confirmed with USADA officials that current WWE Superstar Brock Lesnar is still under a UFC contract.
Below is an excerpt from their report about Lesnar’s UFC status:
The former UFC heavyweight champion and current WWE star is still under contract with the UFC, even after his victory over Mark Hunt at UFC 200 last weekend, UFC officials confirmed with MMA Fighting.
That means Lesnar will continue to be drug tested by USADA as part of the UFC’s anti-doping policy, USADA spokesperson Ryan Madden said. He’ll continue to be tested until he informs USADA that he is retired from UFC competition.
“To my knowledge, Brock Lesnar has not notified USADA of his retirement from the UFC,” Madden said. “Therefore, he remains subject to USADA testing and the UFC anti-doping policy.”
The UFC has a rule that states a fighter must inform the promotion four months in advance if he or she is coming out of retirement so that fighter can be placed back in the USADA testing pool. The UFC waived the rule for Lesnar, which drew some controversy. Lesnar was tested six times in the four weeks before UFC 200, but was not subject to four months of testing. The UFC gave Lesnar an exemption, because he didn’t retire while USADA was running the UFC’s anti-doping problem and a long time had passed since Lesnar stepped away. The promotion treated him as if he were a new athlete just signed.
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