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Mark “Super Samoan” Hunt thinks the UFC has exposed its Anti-Doping Policy as a joke with its decision to waive the 4-month drug testing requirement for Brock Lesnar. While everyone else in the UFC is forced to undergo four full months of strict drug testing administered by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), Lesnar only has to submit to 4 weeks of drug testing before his bout with Hunt.
Hunt didn't mince words when he complained about he obvious unfairness of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy to UFC Fight Week on Fox Sports Australia. Jeff Novitzky, the UFC Vice President of Athlete Health and Performance, promised the UFC's anti-steroid policy would be the gold standard and model for the entire world of professional sports to follow. Hunt doesn't share the same opinion.
“I don’t think that’s fair. I think it’s load of bullshit. I think it’s rubbish,” Hunt said. “I don’t think anyone should be exempt from testing. If they’re trying to clean the sport up — mixed martial arts — this is a bad way to do it. I don’t care who you are. It’s ridiculous.”
Novitzky has been notably silent about the special treatment given to Lesnar. If he does eventually come out of hiding to defend the decision, it is obvious that he has sold out and abandoned his principles in exchange for the high salary of his new private employer.
Novitzky comes across as quite the hypocrite since he once promised to be extra hard on the “freaks” who look like they use steroids. And if any UFC athlete fits Novitzky's muscle physique profiling criteria, it would be Lesnar.
“[The UFC will] even look at physical appearances of athletes,” Novitzky once promised. “Does this athlete pass kind of the physical appearance ‘smell test,’ and if they don’t, hey, maybe we need to test that person a little bit more.
“If I was that athlete, that freak, I would be like, ‘Hey, test me more, because people are accusing me of it, so it will be cool at the end of the year, everybody will look at my stats on the webpage and I was tested 10 times and no positive tests.’”
Rather than test Lesnar for the usual 4 month period, Novitzky apparently signed off on being far more lenient on Lesnar. Lesnar apparently didn't want to be subjected to so much testing and Novitzky had no problem with it.
Hunt thinks it's obvious that Lesnar was “juiced to the gills” during the months preceding his 4-week testing period. If this is the case, the UFC certainly isn't interested in protecting the interests of “clean” athletes or creating a level playing field.
“I don’t think it’s a great move. I think he’s juiced to the gills — and I still think I’m going to knock him out. So I don’t think that’s correct. I don’t think he should be allowed to get a four-month exemption otherwise everyone else should. Otherwise I should start juicing.
“How are you going to clean the sport up doing that shit?” Hunt asked. “It won’t happen. I don’t think it’s fair.
“I’ve already voiced my opinion to Dana (White) about it but apparently he (Lesnar) has been getting tested but he’s probably been off a couple of cycles anyway.
Hunt is nonetheless grateful for the opportunity to fight against Lesnar. Lesnar is a big-name celebrity that will guarantee a big pay day for Hunt. Regardless of the UFC's special treatment of Lesnar, Hunt believes he's fully capable of knocking him out even if he is “juiced to the gills”.
Hunt didn't mince words when he complained about he obvious unfairness of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy to UFC Fight Week on Fox Sports Australia. Jeff Novitzky, the UFC Vice President of Athlete Health and Performance, promised the UFC's anti-steroid policy would be the gold standard and model for the entire world of professional sports to follow. Hunt doesn't share the same opinion.
“I don’t think that’s fair. I think it’s load of bullshit. I think it’s rubbish,” Hunt said. “I don’t think anyone should be exempt from testing. If they’re trying to clean the sport up — mixed martial arts — this is a bad way to do it. I don’t care who you are. It’s ridiculous.”
Novitzky has been notably silent about the special treatment given to Lesnar. If he does eventually come out of hiding to defend the decision, it is obvious that he has sold out and abandoned his principles in exchange for the high salary of his new private employer.
Novitzky comes across as quite the hypocrite since he once promised to be extra hard on the “freaks” who look like they use steroids. And if any UFC athlete fits Novitzky's muscle physique profiling criteria, it would be Lesnar.
“[The UFC will] even look at physical appearances of athletes,” Novitzky once promised. “Does this athlete pass kind of the physical appearance ‘smell test,’ and if they don’t, hey, maybe we need to test that person a little bit more.
“If I was that athlete, that freak, I would be like, ‘Hey, test me more, because people are accusing me of it, so it will be cool at the end of the year, everybody will look at my stats on the webpage and I was tested 10 times and no positive tests.’”
Rather than test Lesnar for the usual 4 month period, Novitzky apparently signed off on being far more lenient on Lesnar. Lesnar apparently didn't want to be subjected to so much testing and Novitzky had no problem with it.
Hunt thinks it's obvious that Lesnar was “juiced to the gills” during the months preceding his 4-week testing period. If this is the case, the UFC certainly isn't interested in protecting the interests of “clean” athletes or creating a level playing field.
“I don’t think it’s a great move. I think he’s juiced to the gills — and I still think I’m going to knock him out. So I don’t think that’s correct. I don’t think he should be allowed to get a four-month exemption otherwise everyone else should. Otherwise I should start juicing.
“How are you going to clean the sport up doing that shit?” Hunt asked. “It won’t happen. I don’t think it’s fair.
“I’ve already voiced my opinion to Dana (White) about it but apparently he (Lesnar) has been getting tested but he’s probably been off a couple of cycles anyway.
Hunt is nonetheless grateful for the opportunity to fight against Lesnar. Lesnar is a big-name celebrity that will guarantee a big pay day for Hunt. Regardless of the UFC's special treatment of Lesnar, Hunt believes he's fully capable of knocking him out even if he is “juiced to the gills”.
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