USADA Says Recent ‘Technical Glitch’ Led To Inaccurate Data On Brock Lesnar’s UFC Drug Testing

Some drug testing data on Brock Lesnar “went missing” from the USADA website. ESPN reports that USADA has acknowledged that a recent “technical glitch” led to the inaccurate data.

It was originally shown back October that Lesnar had submitted 6 drug tests in 2018, but that number was recently changed to just 5 tests. USADA stated that the original update was flawed, and the current figure reflects the accurate number of tests Lesnar has submitted in 2018, which is 5. USADA spokesperson Adam Woullard told ESPN the following…

“USADA updates the Athlete Test History page of the UFC/USADA website on a weekly basis. During an update on the week of October 15th, we experienced a technical issue that resulted in the information on the page being displayed incorrectly. The correct test history for the athlete is one test [that week], not two. The issue has been fixed and the testing numbers on the website are all accurate. We are still investigating the specific technical issue that led to the error.”

Jeff Novitzky, UFC’s Vice President of Athlete Health and Performance, also commented…

“I have access to a more specific database than the public, which displays the date a sample is collected, what type of sample it is and what the results are as soon as they are available. The public website, as I understand it, indicated there had been two tests during this last quarter, and it recently dropped to one. I have always seen one test in this quarter for Lesnar. It was a urine test and it came back negative. This program has a limited amount of resources and funding. It would be great to test everybody every week, but that would cost millions and millions of dollars. To put it in a nutshell, I have all the confidence in the world USADA is allocating these testing resources appropriately.”