Alexander Gustafsson Questions USADA's Strict Liability Standard

Alexander Gustafsson Questions USADA’s Strict Liability Standard


Alexander Gustafsson lost his bid for the UFC light heavyweight title against Jon Jones at UFC 232. Since then, however, his team – lead by his manager Nima Safapour – has questioned the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)’s inconsistent application of the ‘strict liability’ standard.

As I argue in this video, he’s completely right to raise these issues and they shed light on the troubling, often ad hoc method by which anti-doping authorities will adjudicate cases.

30 Comments

  1. They let Jones fight because of who he is. They don’t care about keeping the sport clean.

  2. Jon hasn't been testing positive for actual Oral Turinabol, but metabolites that oral turinabol causes in the body

  3. Fighters, like Gustfasson, are partially to blame. He kept boasting about how he doesn't care about what Jon Jones is on. Same with Anthony Smith. If the fighters want this to stop, they need to ban together and refuse to fight PED abusers. USADA, CSAC etc have proven to be incompetent and UFC are pulsing their way to profits. Fighters won't ban together for a few reasons; 1. Ego. They think they will be the one to beat the cheater. 2. $$$$$$ 3. Most fighters(including themselves) are on PED's

  4. I love how luke uses any opportunity to tell you how right he is about drug testing.

    just say "gustafsson agrees with me" in the thumbnail

  5. If Jon wasn't the best in the world then he'd be banned from the sport. Plain and simple. That lets you know it's bullshit. It's not the flawed rules. It's favoritism

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