VADA has offered UFC drug testing with no fees
Dr. Margaret Goodman tells Bloody Elbow that VADA has offered to oversee an extensive blood and urine testing program for their fighters with no administrative fees.
Dr. Margaret Goodman tells Bloody Elbow that VADA has offered to oversee an extensive blood and urine testing program for their fighters with no administrative fees.
HBO analyst Jim Lampley recently addressed the use of performance enhancing drugs in boxing, warning that the worst thing possible "hasn't happened yet," but if nothing changes, "it surely will." Take a look at exactly what Lampley had to say, and ho
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has randomly drug tested Shane Carwin and Roy Nelson, the coaches for the current season of The Ultimate Fighter Fridays on FX TV.
Shane Carwin and Roy Nelson appeared on their way to VADA testing for their fight. But now, Carwin's manager is explaining that he doesn't see why VADA is good anyway and calls the agency "anti-Carwin."
Rory Macdonald says that he doesn't want to do what "everyone else" does and would like to take more short notice fights in 2013. First, he has to get by B.J. Penn at UFC on Fox 5.
B.J. Penn has agreed to allow VADA to release test results immediately for his UFC 152 bout with Rory MacDonald. As such, the fight will go ahead with VADA testing for the first time in UFC history.
Nearly every major boxing fight includes VADA or other form of blood testing. This should make the UFC feel pressure to do the same.
UFC president Dana White rejects the notion that the promotion should conduct random drug testing of athletes.