Fighter alleges corrupt drug testing at UFC Fight Night 42
Dean Amasinger spoke with MMAJunkie today about filing an appeal for Ross Pearson’s decision loss, but more importantly expressed a concern over the drug testing
Dean Amasinger, manager of Ross Pearson, spoke with MMAJunkie today about filing an appeal for Ross Pearson’s decision loss to Diego Sanchez, but more importantly expressed a concern over the drug testing of the athletes who competed at the UFC Fight Night 42.
It is generally not economically feasible for athletic commissions to test all athletes competing at event, so instead fighters are selected at random. However, Amasinger believes there was nothing random of the the drug test for this event:
Ross was drug tested before the fight, which is perfectly normal, he told MMAjunkie. That’s absolutely fine, and all this stuff is supposed to be random. But when Ross came back from the drug test, he said to me, ‘I’ve seen the list; none of the Jackson guys are on the drug test list, or the New Mexican guys who are fighting on the card.’ And so I went and checked and that was the case.
I made a note to (UFC site coordinator) Burt Watson and I said, ‘I want to let you know that I’m feeling uncomfortable about that.’