Extensive Drug Testing in Barnett's Future

[keithlewis]

Josh Barnett to undergo UFC-sponsored random WADA testing ahead of UFC 168

http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2013/10/j ... of-ufc-168

Former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett will become the first mixed martial artist in Nevada to undergo WADA-certified random drug testing, and the UFC will foot the bill.

Barnett (33-6 MMA, 5-1 UFC) was today ordered by the Nevada State Athletic Commission to submit himself to random testing up until his UFC 168 bout with Travis Browne (15-1-1 MMA, 6-1-1 UFC) – as well as to commission-administered random drug testing throughout the entirety of 2014 – as a condition of his latest license to fight in the state.

According to a motion originally suggested by commissioner T.J. Lundvall and officially introduced by Skip Avansino, Barnett will be "subjected to enhanced, intensive, weekly testing by the WADA lab at the expense of Mr. Barnett or UFC and that he also be subjected to random testing by the Nevada State Athletic Commission through Dec. 31, 2014 to be paid by him or the UFC." The motion was unanimously approved, and the random testing will be applied whether or not Barnett fights in Nevada in 2014.