BJ Penn and Rory MacDonald volunteer for additional drug testing for UFC 152

[Onion]

VADA (Voluntary Anti-Doping Association) has offered to sponsor this fight. BJ and Rory have accepted.

From BJPenn.com & Twitter.

Dear Mr. Penn,

The Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) selectively offers sponsorships to combat sports athletes who we believe would make outstanding representatives for clean sport. Typically, our sponsorship programs are offered to both participants in a scheduled event and include an 8-10 week period of random, unannounced blood and urine tests leading up to their bout.

Your long and successful history in MMA as an outspoken advocate for drug free sport would make it an honor for VADA to sponsor you and your opponent, Rory MacDonald, for UFC 152….

BJ PENN ‏@bjpenndotcom
@rory_macdonald VADA anti-doping has offered to sponsor our upcoming fight.I've accepted and invite you to help me clean up the sport. VADA results will be released after the fight to ensure that the fight happens. Lets get started asap!!

Rory MacDonald ‏@rory_macdonald
@bjpenndotcom already worried BJ? honestly i think its a great idea 2, and im ready to do the testing for our fight as well

BJ PENN ‏@bjpenndotcom
@rory_macdonald Worried?? VADA came to me. I didnt go to them. Thats great. we will have VADA send you the info ASAP

According to VADA's website, Penn and MacDonald will be subject to a testing program similar to what Olympic athletes under go. They will be subject to random testing, and have to submit their whereabouts to VADA so drug testers can show up whenever they like to require a test.

If it's truly modeled after the Olympic program, Penn and MacDonald need to be ready for knocks on their door at all times of the day and night. Olympians often tweet when the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency shows up at their door, and it's rarely expected.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-ca...7119--mma.html

[Spectre]

Roidy will flake out.

[The_Splatoon]

Good for them, though holy **** does that sound annoying to be on call for a piss test 24/7.

[LordZardoz]

Roidy will flake out.

I am very tempted to goad you into a sig bet on that.

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[jside]

Good for them, though holy **** does that sound annoying to be on call for a piss test 24/7.

Plus blood. Probably only a few cc's but I wonder if any sort of detrimental impact from that... At least it will be even, unless Roiday flakes.

[Mephisto]

Rory was more than willing to prove his detractors wrong. Bonus points to him.

[skeletonrock]

Bonus points for both these guys.

[LordZardoz]

It will be interesting to see what happens if other fighters start going with this, and what the UFC chooses to do with the additional testing. If a fighter passes an NSAC piss test but fails a VADA test, what does the UFC do?

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[RPD]

Good to see this happenning and for no one blinking thus far.

[Loot]

No one has to worry about BJ roiding. All that cycling, measurement, etc takes way too much effort.



All kidding aside, this sponsorship could get interesting in that it puts public pressure on fighters to accept the deal. I mean if GSP wants to tell CondomDepot that he isn't interested because Trojan offered him more money, no one cares. But VADA can come along and say "Fighter X wasn't interested," and suddenly people are talking....and no matter what reason Fighter X gives for turning VADA down, people are still doubtful.