The USADA confirmed that Lesnar’s out-of-competition drug test on June 28 was the sample that appears to have tested positive.
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The statement goes on to confirm that it did not receive the results from the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory until July 14th, five days after the fight.
The results of the test did not come back until July 14 and the substance (s) were not revealed of what was discovered in his test.
According to UFC and various media reports, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) informed Lesnar on Friday that he had committed a possible Anti-Doping Policy violation, stemming from a test sample he submitted June 28.
Brock Lesnar before his fight against Mark Hunt during the UFC 200 event at T-Mobile Arena on July 9, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
It is also unknown at this time what the potential doping violation was for a banned substance or a banned methodology.
On Friday, the UFC announced Brock Lesnar was flagged for a potential doping violation by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
Hunt, upon hearing of Lesnar’s potential infraction, was understandably upset, going so far as to threaten walking away from the UFC.
Lesnar defeated Mark Hunt, who was a top 10 UFC heavyweight at UFC 200 in Lesnar’s return to the Octagon.
“I’ve been dealing with that my entire life”, he said of the allegations, per MMAFighting.com’s Marc Raimondi.
Lesnar is just the latest UFC fighter to be flagged by USADA, following news that interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was flagged June 16 for doping and was subsequently pulled from the UFC 200 fightcard. Below is the full two-plus paragraph statement from the UFC.
Lesnar (6-3) announced his retirement from mixed martial arts in 2015, but ultimately made a decision to return to the UFC for a “one-off”, which WWE agreed to.
WWE suspended star Roman Reigns for violating the company’s wellness policy.
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When asked about performance-enhancing drugs in the weeks before his comeback fight, Lesnar memorably said: “I’m a white boy and I’m jacked”.
