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Why the UFC Has Gone PED Crazy - It's Arithmetic

My apologies to haters of Bill Clinton for this article's title, but given the general confusion regarding why the UFC chose to institute its tough new drug testing policy, I can't help but echo Slick Willy's sentiments in calling for some common sense.

Here's the bottom line: the UFC would not be going through all the trouble of commissioning the USADA and spending millions of dollars if it didn't expect a positive return on its investment. Yes, they'll say it's to "protect the health of their athletes." But while their compassion for the guys they pay to receive repeated head trauma is touching, don't kid yourself--the UFC exists to make money, and that's what this new policy is going to help them do, or so Dana and the Fertittas believe.