Brock
Lesnar and Jon Jones sure do have a lot in common lately. Both were
booked for UFC 200. However, Jones was pulled from the main event after
testing positive for a banned substance while Lesnar won his match with
Mark Hunt but had positive test results from drug tests taken both
in-competition and out-of-competition.
It
was found that both Jones and Lesnar tested positive for
hydroxyl-clomiphene, an estrogen blocker, which can mask steroid use. In
addition to clomiphene, Jones also tested positive for Letrozole, an
aromatase inhibitor.
The similarities don’t stop there, however.
Although
both are facing sanctions from USADA and the Nevada Athletic Commission
(NAC), the UFC has decided not to fine either fighter for their failed
drug tests. That will be left up to the NAC, according to UFC vice president of public relations, Dave Sholler.
Lesnar
will likely be fined a percentage of his $2.5 million purse for
fighting at UFC 200. Jones, on the other hand, didn’t have a purse
because he did not compete.
Understandably,
the person who faced Lesnar, Mark Hunt, is upset that Lesnar has yet to
be punished. Hunt had a lot to say about the UFC, USADA and Brock
Lesnar during an expletive-laced tirade on “The MMA Hour” on Monday.
Hunt has been very vocal about wanting to receive a portion of Lesnar’s
purse after seeing more severe monetary punishment levied for fighters
who fail to make weight.
“The
worst thing about this scenario is that they aren’t doing [expletive]
about it,” Hunt said during his passionate interview. “The reason why I
am upset is because this isn’t the first or second opponent I fought,
this is the third time I fought someone that has been cheating. And the
thing is that there is no compensation. You get nothing. You lose 20
percent when you don’t make weight. But when you get caught for doping,
what do you get? Nothing! There are no fines, all you get is time off.
When is this going to change?”
Hunt
certainly has a right to be frustrated. His fight with Antonio
“Bigfoot” Silva, that many considered the fight of the year back in
2013, ended in a draw but Silva failed a subsequent drug test for
elevated testosterone. Earlier this year, Frank Mir was flagged by USADA
from a test taken the day before he was knocked out in the first round
of his fight with Hunt at UFC Fight Night in March. And then his fight
with Lesnar.
Hunt
aimed his vitriol toward Lesnar, using a number of unflattering names
in his interview while also noting that his opponent was a “hypocrite”
for suggesting that Jones was unprofessional for failing a drug test
before UFC 200.
“If [Jones] is unprofessional, what does that make you?” Hunt asked.
Hunt
said that he reached out to UFC brass for a response but has yet to
hear back. He even went so far as to say that perhaps the UFC and USADA
were complicit with Lesnar’s PED usage. He also lobbied for the creation
of a fighter association to crack down on incidents such as these and
other situations fighters have complained about over the years.
“We,
as fighters, are sending out the wrong message,” he said. “We’re saying
that you can get away with anything. If you stick a needle in your ass,
you can make millions of dollars and make it to the top… These
companies don’t give a rat’s ass about us. All of these fighters should
get behind this movement because, if it’s not me (getting hurt by a PED
user), it’s going to be one of you. These companies would make nothing
without us.”
As the interview continued, Hunt simply couldn’t hold back his frustration with the lack of discipline.
“What’s
it going to take for someone to do something about this? Will it take
someone to die?” Hunt asked. “In the end, something bad could happen to
someone. Someone can die because somebody is cheating. It’s going too
far and something has to be done.”
Ultimately, if Hunt doesn’t see any resolution, he’s made it clear that he will never fight for the UFC again.
“I
don’t want to be a part of this company unless they do something about
this… [Expletive] the UFC! They are [expletives] and they don’t look out
for anybody but themselves.”
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