WWE & UFC Statements On Brock Lesnar’s Potential Anti-Doping Violation

Jul 16, 2016

WWE has issued a statement on Brock Lesnar’s potential anti-doping violation from before his fight at UFC 200. The company’s statement reads as follows:

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Brock Lesnar of a potential policy violation, stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on June 28, 2016, according to a statement released by UFC on Friday afternoon and reported on by ESPN and other news sources.

Lesnar successfully returned to the UFC against Mark Hunt 12 days later on July 9 at UFC 200. The results of the sampling were received by USADA on July 14/

Brock Lesnar has not performed for WWE since WrestleMania and is not scheduled to return until Sunday, Aug. 21.

Lesnar is scheduled to face Randy Orton at SummerSlam.

UFC released the following statement on the matter via Twitter.