“An integral part of our health and safety program of course is our partnership with USADA. And what we believe to be the most comprehensive drug testing program in all professional sport. The first thing you have to do to make sure that the sport is safe, is to make sure that the athletes aren’t cheating. So you can do a lot of things with making a safer octagon, for example, or a variety of things, but the most important thing, frankly, you can do is make sure that athletes aren’t using performance-enhancing drugs to increase their performance.”
– Lawrence Epstein, UFC Chief Operating Officer
LAWRENCE EPSTEIN, UFC Chief Operating Officer:
An integral part of our health and safety program, of course, is our partnership with USADA. And what we believe to be the most comprehensive drug testing program in all professional sport. The first thing you have to do to make sure the sport is safe, is to make sure that the athletes aren’t cheating. So, you can do a lot of things with, you know, making a safer octagon, for example, or a variety of things. But the most important thing, frankly, you can do, is make sure that athletes aren’t using performance-enhancing drugs to increase their performance.
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