UFC, not Texas AC, requests drug testing for UFC 103
UFC requests drug testing for UFC 103, despite lack of requirement in Texas As the UFC embarks on its second…
UFC requests drug testing for UFC 103, despite lack of requirement in Texas
As the UFC embarks on its second trip to Texas this weekend for UFC 103, the promotion is headed to a state woefully behind the times when it comes to drug testing fighters.
However, the UFC is taking the necessary steps to assure that at least some of the fighters on the card, scheduled for Saturday at American Airlines Center in Dallas, will be tested.
That’s an improvement from two years ago, when no athletes on the UFC 69 card underwent drug testing.
The lack of testing in Houston in 2007 stemmed from what was described then as a misunderstanding between the UFC and the agency that regulates combative sports in the Lone Star State: the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). For UFC 69, the TDLR thought the UFC was managing drug testing, while at the same time the UFC assumed, as in most states, the regulating commission would handle the drug screens.
