There have been a battery of fighter responses to Jon Jones’ latest atypical drug test. Many fighters who have previously fallen victim to USADA punishments seem to think that there is a clear double-standard being enacted in their testing protocols. The common theme implies that fighters who have the ability to drive PPV numbers experience more discretionary flexibility by the agency.
Count Frank Mir in as somebody who feels he was wronged by USADA. He took to Facebook to react to the latest news, and it’s hard to deny the questions risen by Mir have merit:
“In the spring of 2016, when USADA representatives sat in my Las Vegas kitchen and told me that the turinabol metabolite that they said I tested positive for could only have been ingested within a window of the past several months, I vehemently proclaimed my innocence.