Jeff Novitzky: From taking down Lance Armstrong to cleaning up the UFC
Novitzky congratulates fighters with a commemorative jacket when they pass 50 drug tests in the UFC
Novitzky says no explanation was given for the investigation being shut down, which was "unusual", and speculates that "some type of political favour" may have been called in. Novitzky has adopted the nickname the 'Golden Snitch' due to his role in exposing drug cheats, and to this day UFC president Dana White introduces him to people as "the guy who took down Lance Armstrong".
Novitzky says Usada were chosen because they "only care about clean sport" and "don't care about the success of the UFC, revenue-wise and business-wise". Novitzky says if fighters were thinking about cheating, all they had to do was make sure any drugs had cleared from their system by the time Athletic Commission testing came around.
"I think in many aspects, whether it's the kits, the equipment we're wearing, sponsorship, anti-doping, the goal when I came here eight years ago was to mainstream this sport," he said. He says before Usada's involvement, many athletes chose to dope to "level the playing field", as a minority were using drugs for enhancement but the rest didn't want to be left at a disadvantage.
Novitzky says parts of the pharmaceutical industry, or people he calls "garage chemists", are doing experiments behind closed doors, working on new doping techniques all the time.
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