UFC Insitutes Formal Written Drug Policy |
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lohmann
A Black Belt in Jiu-Jitsu
Career record: 874-479
Season: 44-15 (#48)
Location: United States
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The UFC and Strikeforce earlier this week held their fourth Fighter Summit in Las Vegas where company officials and special guests worked to educate fighters on a number of issues from health insurance to dealing with the press to social media and numerous other topics.
One of the key points hit on at the Fighter Summit was the UFC’s new formalized written policy against performance enhancing drugs and other banned substances.
Lawrence Epstein, the company’s Executive Vice-President and General Counsel, explained the written policy is a continuation of existing policy, and that both promotions will follow guidelines drafted by the same law firm that advises the National Football League on PEDs.
“It is important to continue educating our athletes on the dangers of PEDs and other banned substances,” said Epstein. “Additionally, no new UFC or Strikeforce promotional agreement will become effective before the athlete has provided a clean PED test result.
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Post #1 7/12/12 4:45:18PM
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Combat Sport and Fitness
Career record: 380-267
Season: 5-2 (#2284)
Location: Mean streets of Enumclaw, WA
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this will always be an issue for professional athletes. cheaters will always be cheaters.
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Post #2 7/12/12 4:58:22PM
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pmoney
Heavyweight Champ
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Season: 39-20 (#408)
Location: PD, CA, USA
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Looks like the UFC must have taken note of BlueSkiesBurn's recent article 
Definitely a step in the right direction. 
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Post #3 7/12/12 5:00:17PM
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BlueSkiesBurn
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Posted by pmoney
Looks like the UFC must have taken note of BlueSkiesBurn's recent article
Definitely a step in the right direction.
Hardly. This is an absolute joke.
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Post #4 7/12/12 7:15:05PM
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Goatenstein
Standup Guy
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Posted by BlueSkiesBurn
Posted by pmoney
Looks like the UFC must have taken note of BlueSkiesBurn's recent article
Definitely a step in the right direction.
Hardly. This is an absolute joke.
Agreed. I think WWE's policy is more legit.
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Post #5 7/12/12 7:19:23PM
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ghandikush
MMA Sensei
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Posted by tcunningham
this will always be an issue for professional athletes. cheaters will always be cheaters.
Hear that Chael_Sonnen?
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Post #6 7/12/12 9:25:11PM
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MODular Approach
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I'm not sure what "insitutes" means, but I hope it's serious business.
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Post #7 7/12/12 11:32:16PM
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