In 2016, veteran fighter Tom Lawlor was slapped with a two-year suspension for testing positive for Ostarine. And with just two months left in his suspension, the UFC decided to release him last week.
But instead of being disheartened, the 35-year-old fighter is actually relieved about his release, mainly because of USADA.
“I am, however, happy to be out of the USADA testing pool,” Lawlor told Luke Thomas on Monday’s episode of the MMA Hour (via MMA Fighting). “I don’t have to let them know where I am at all times and wonder about that.