The UFC’s doping control will continue under the new office.
The agreement between the world’s leading boxing organization UFC and the US anti-doping agency USADA, which has been valid since 2015, ended at the turn of the year.
According to recent information, Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD), chaired by George Piro.
Piro, 56, of Lebanese background, had a career in the US Federal Police, or FBI, before joining CSAD. During the Iraq war, thanks to his knowledge of the Arabic language, he was given the high-profile task of interrogating the country’s former president Saddam Hussein for months.
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The UFC’s new era in terms of doping control begins immediately after the end of the cooperation with Usada. In practice, Drug Free Sport International is responsible for implementing the program.
– UFC’s goal in anti-doping work is to be the best, most effective and most progressive program in all professional sports, UFC’s operational director Hunter Campbell declared in a press release published on Thursday.
Volunteers are required to report their whereabouts and availability for testing at all times. The samples are sent for analysis to a laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency in Salt Lake City.
One of the incidents that made a difference between UFC and Usada was Conor McGregor’s return tuning. by Dana White led by the organization wanted to bring the Irish megastar back to the cage faster than the half-year long commitment to the testing program allowed. However, Usada did not agree to be flexible on the issue.
CSAD, led by former FBI agent George Piro, supervises the UFC’s doping testing. AOP / USA TODAY SPORTS