Ivan Trembow is perpetually pissed off about something. I don’t think that dude has ever had a happy day in his life.

What he fails to take into account here is that out-of-competition testing costs money and Nevada, like most of the other 49 states, is flat broke. When across the board budget cuts get handed down from the statehouse, something has to go.

NSACs out of competition testing program was great, but it was also went well beyond the industry standard testing protocols. They simply cut their testing back to the industry norm. Hopefully, someday when the Nevada coffers are overflowing with cash again, they’ll start the program back up. Until then, it will be a victim of state government belt-tightening.

Out-competition drug testing is a lot of money, an Nevada is already low on funds.

Did anyone at Zuffa, wronged Ivan during his time at MMA Weekly? He is so anti-Zuffa, just like Rob Joyner on MMA Payout. Zack Arnold can be a conspiracy theorist most time, but he gives Zuffa props when it is due.

I’ve never gotten the whole pre-fight drug test thing, as long as they test on fight day it’s fine.

Apparently Bonnar should get year round testing for something that happens 2+ years ago. He has tested clean several times.

There should have been some surprise testing a month or two back, but the failure to do so is a more a matter of government screw-ups than anything else.

Here’s how it works: The commission contacts a licensed fighter, notifies him he has been selected for an out-of-competition test and provides instructions about locating the nearest accredited laboratory. The lab is also contacted, and the fighter has two days to show up, present photo identification and submit a urine test. Here’s the problem: Two days is ample time for someone to flush their system of many banned substances.

Those labs can detect the flushing enablers better than the actual drugs. Maybe the writer doesn’t understand that aspect of testing. That’s how Manny got busted, that’s how must people fail their work place drug test.

He’s not at fault for pointing out there is ample time for MMA fighters to use PEDs in training to their fights. I don’t know if PEDs provide that great of benefit if you have to jump off them 3-4 weeks prior to the fight to pass a test. At least they will allow a fighter to train better through injuries. I do agree that it’s naive to think guys are clean when they constantly given a few months to cycle without testing. Every sport that is the case usually comes up dirty.

I think there needs to be some organization that oversees the drug testing fr all the sports in the US. I’d say WADA, but I’ve heard too many horror stories from them, so it would probbaly be better if all the major US sports leagues would team up and organize it themselves, but the fact remains that the none of the major sports are really willing at this time to make a strong stand against steroids. There’s always outrage when someone gets caught, but if the NBA, MLB, NHL, and NFL really wanted to get rid of steroids, they’d be doing a lot more.

I’d like to see more testing, but I don’t think the UFC shoudl start working on their own comprehensive drug testing program until they have finished getting sanctioning in all 50 states, 1 battle at a time. A show in MSG would help more than a steroids problem would hurt at this point in time.

I don’t know that much about PEDs and god knows there is enough misinformation out there, but wouldn’t flushing the drugs out of your system also flush the effects of them? Taking a hard core steroid and cutting it out to be ready to test clean would require a lot of hormone replacement to maintain your levels of training. I know masking stuff is out there and tests, even when they include blood samples (Which no AC’s tests do) are not going to find everything. A lot of times a guy gets popped for diuretics, but they are treated like they are on roids because diuretics are masking agents (Cowboy, Alves).