LAS VEGAS – After boasting for years that his fighters were “tested by the government,” even as hundreds were caught illegally using performance enhancing drugs, UFC president Dana White finally took a major step forward.
As of July 1, the UFC will have the best anti-doping policy in sports, in the words of the chief executive officer of the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
“I’d say that given the independence, the transparency and the enforcement policies, it’s the top in all of professional sports,” USADA CEO Travis Tygart said Wednesday at a news conference at the Red Rock Resort to announce a series of new policies aimed at stamping out drugs and improving athlete safety and performance.