It'll be a little easier financially for UFC fighters to challenge potential anti-doping policy violations beginning this fall.
USADA and the UFC have reduced the filing fee for arbitration and will refund that fee to fighters who were found with no fault or no violation, according to a release sent out Monday. The new provision begins Nov. 1. The release states that the change to the UFC anti-doping policy was implemented to "improve the arbitration process for UFC athletes."
When a UFC fighter challenges a potential anti-doping violation through USADA, he or she must pay to file for arbitration.