4. WWE Issues Statement on Brock Lesnar’s Possible USADA Violation, Lesnar Comments
Below is the statement WWE issued on the Brock Lesnar’s potential USADA violation:
“The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Brock Lesnar of a potential policy violation, stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on June 28, 2016, according to a statement released by UFC on Friday afternoon and reported on by ESPN and other news sources.
Lesnar successfully returned to the UFC against Mark Hunt 12 days later on July 9 at UFC 200. The results of the sampling were received by USADA on July 14.
UFC released the following statement on the matter via Twitter:
Statement by UFC on potential anti-doping violation by Brock Lesnar: pic.twitter.com/oydm46UzC5
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 15, 2016
Brock Lesnar has not performed for WWE since WrestleMania and is not scheduled to return until Sunday, Aug. 21.”
Below is what Lesnar said about this to the Associated Press:
“We’ll get to the bottom of this.”
Below is what Mark Hunt, Lesnar’s UFC 200 opponent, said to MMAFighting:
“The cheaters get a slap on the wrist and walk off. What penalty or deterrent is there to make them think twice? Nothing. And the Nevada Athletic Commission, why should these [expletive] get anything? They are not the ones who had to fight with Lesnar or lose to him. I lost.”
Keep in mind that only the A-sample was positive, so there are 2 possibilities now, he can admit he did something wrong or – if he didn’t – he can request a B-sample to be tested.
