Jesse Taylor and USADA don’t see eye to eye on the process that led him to accepting a one-year suspension for a positive drug test.
Taylor, a UFC welterweight, told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour that his failed drug test for the anti-estrogen agent clomiphene likely came from a tainted supplement. Taylor said that he didn’t appeal with USADA on those grounds, like many others have, because of the cost and inconvenience.
The Ultimate Fighter 25 winner said it might have cost him somewhere between $20,000 and $40,000 to build a case by testing supplements and paying lawyers and he felt that he’d be better off just accepting the one-year ban earlier this month.