Brock Lesnar was not enrolled in the USADA Testing Pool: Jeff Novitzky

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The former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has just taken steps required for anti-doping policy by the UFC. Some reports have indicated that Lesnar is looking for a return to the octagon. Lesnar retired for the 2^nd time in the month of February, but the USADA (U.S Anti-Doping Agency) had allowed a one-year suspension on 15^th July 2016. His suspension orders were released after multiple drug failure attempts from his fight with Mark Hunt at UFC 200. The anti-doping policy is being managed by USADA, which indicates that any retired athlete should submit written information to the UFC who needs a return to a competition. He must inform UFC that he wants to start a competition again. Before returning to the competition, the athlete needs to be available for testing for at least 6 months after notifying the UFC.

The recent reports have indicated that Lesnar has started the process. The Vice President of Athlete Health and Performance, Jeff Novitzky has confirmed that “there isn’t any truth in those reports. Lesnar is not currently enrolled in the testing pool of USADA and he hasn’t yet submitted such kind of request”. After spending his 5 years in retirement, he returned to WWE and defeated Hunt via undisputed decision at UFC 200 last summer. Point to be noted that Lesnar ultimately came up positive for the prohibited estrogen blocker clomiphene in an out-of –competition test and in-competition test. This result motivated Hunt to submit a civil lawsuit against UFC, Dane White, and Lesnar.