In a statement to The Associated Press, USADA CEO Travis Tygart said, "We stand by our statement and our credibility."
LAS VEGAS — The UFC is moving on from the United States Anti-Doping Agency and is creating its own drug-testing program in a feud that involves former champion Conor McGregor.The mixed martial arts organization also sent a legal letter to USADA to demand a retraction and apology for a statement it issued Wednesday regarding the end of its deal with the UFC.In a statement to The Associated Press, USADA CEO Travis Tygart said, “We stand by our statement and our credibility.
“I think it’s a self-preservation tactic,” Hunter Campbell, UFC executive vice president and chief business officer, said of USADA’s announcement. “I think it will ultimately fail.” A letter from Las Vegas law firm Campbell & Williams said Tygart’s statement included “several false and highly misleading representations.” The letter also said it appeared “to be the first time USADA has publicly announced an athlete’s entry into its testing program.”
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