The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) issued a recent “technical glitch” led to inaccurate data on WWE star and former UFC champion Brock Lesnar appearing on its public website.
Lesnar has not fought for UFC since 2016. He tested positive for banned substance clomiphine, in a test administrated by USADA, prior to a non-title fight against Mark Hunt at UFC 200.
Speaking to media, USADA spokesperson Adam Woullard said they have experienced a technical issue that resulted in the information on the website and they are still investigating the specific technical issue.
“USADA updates the Athlete Test History page of the UFC/USADA website on a weekly basis. During an update on the week of October 15th, we experienced a technical issue that resulted in the information on the page being displayed incorrectly.” Woullard said.
“The correct test history for the athlete is one test [that week], not two. The issue has been fixed and the testing numbers on the website are all accurate. We are still investigating the specific technical issue that led to the error.” Woullard added.
UFC vice president of Athlete Health and Performance, Jeff Novitzky, on the other hand, has no concerns regarding the issue. However, he said he is comfortable with how USADA has tested Lesnar since his re-enrollment in the program five months ago.
“I have access to a more specific database than the public, which displays the date a sample is collected, what type of sample it is and what the results are as soon as they are available,” Novitzky said.
“The public website, as I understand it, indicated there had been two tests during this last quarter, and it recently dropped to one. I have always seen one test in this quarter for Lesnar. It was a urine test and it came back negative.
USADA confirms Brock Lesnar can’t compete in UFC until Jan 8th, 2019. (Source:www.411mania.com)
“This program has a limited amount of resources and funding. It would be great to test everybody every week, but that would cost millions and millions of dollars. To put it in a nutshell, I have all the confidence in the world USADA is allocating these testing resources appropriately.” Novitzky added.
UFC president Dana White has confirmed the promotion plans to book Daniel Cormier vs Lesnar at some point next year, but USADA confirmed the WWE star can’t compete in UFC until Jan 8th, 2019, at earliest.
