CagePotato.com has learned that the Ontario Athletic Commission did not oversee pre and post-fight drug testing for last night’s UFC 129 event in Toronto, contrary to its current set of MMA rules which state that the commission will “[test] competitors for performance enhancing and illegal drugs, where it is required in the contract between the promoter and the competitors.”
According to former Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director and current UFC Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Marc Ratner, testing for performance enhancing substances and for drugs of abuse were administered by an unnamed independent laboratory hired by the UFC.
This isn’t the first time that the promotion has administered its own tests. An independent lab discovered that Chris Leben had the anabolic steroid Stanazolol in his system for his UFC 89 loss to Michael Bisping October 18, 2008. He was handed a nine-month suspension from the UFC for his indiscretion.
There is no word on whether or not any of the 11 planned events being overseen by the OAC will require drug testing, but no tests were administered at MFC 29: Conquer in Windsor or MMA: The Reckoning in Orillia earlier this month — a curious development considering how thorough the province was when doing its due diligence when considering sanctioning and when implementing a proper set of approved rules when the sport was given the green light.









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commentsThe beauty with Independent testing is that the recourse for violation is independently handled by the UFC...+1 to Dana and Marc for pulling that off.
The WWE has independent testing, not too many violations of steroid use reported as of late either...lol.
Unless you both are shadowing this guy 24/7, I doubt you could emphatically state that this fighter is not using a banned substance. Anymore than I could prove otherwise.
I merely am suggesting that he certainly had a few of the symptoms of someone that was taking Performance enhancing drugs.
As stated earlier, just because someone has a negative test result, would not be the conclusive ending we all wish it was.
Congrats to Rory, seeing any Diaz get spiked into a cage floor is slightly more entertaining than most, especially when said Diaz was flapping his yap prior to the Repeated body slam's.
As a Canadian I always root for the Canuckleheads, Rory dismantled Diaz,......I just hope I don't feel like I'm seeing a deja vu moment a la Ben Johnson.
Rory has never used any performance enhancing drugs to get to where he is. He's young, he trains hard, and non stop. Moving up a weight class from 155-170 doesnt happen over night. Also, are you familiar with any of Rorys fights? Have you even been able to find them online? Probably not since his Coach doesnt let his videos leak. Rory has had skin problems since he began MMA, But you can just say sorry after he passes the test.
So no fightter would every resort to steroids to help heal and regain strength after a significant knee injury??? Are you familiar with any of the past steroid busts in MMA. Nearly every one of them stated they did it to recover from an injury. That kid just pulled a Sonnen, oh wait he went with the more unconventional "I have small balls" excuse.
sorry but he looked every bit the classic case of steroid usage, that was my first comment upon seeing him. If I am wrong then so be it,....but it sure looked that way.
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