Jeff Novitzky Rips Lance Armstrong as ‘Biggest Fraud in Sports’ Over Doping Criticisms • MMA News

Jeff Novitzky Rips Lance Armstrong as ‘Biggest Fraud in Sports’ Over Doping Criticisms • MMA News

Jeff Novitzky has been working on the UFC for almost 4 years and it seems he’s taken on a few of that combating spirit primarily based on his statements on Lance Armstrong.

The disgraced former Tour De France winner, who was investigated by Novitzky in a large doping case whereas he was working for the Federal authorities, was vocal this week on social media with criticisms in regards to the UFC and USADA’s dealing with of the Jon Jones doping case.

Jones is being allowed to combat on Saturday night time regardless of a constructive drug take a look at got here again displaying hint components of Turinabol, the identical anabolic steroid discovered in his physique final July after going through Daniel Cormier. The UFC and USADA acknowledged that proof exhibits that Jones didn’t re-ingest the drug however reasonably this was remnants from his earlier incident with Turinabol discovered in his system in 2017.

Armstrong blasted Novitzky, the UFC and USADA over your entire scenario and he heard again from the previous Federal investigator on Friday.

“Lance Armstrong is probably one of the biggest frauds and cheats in professional sports” ~ Jeff Novitzky

“Lance Armstrong is probably one of the biggest frauds and cheats in professional sports,” Novitzky stated when responding on Friday. “He’s on the market making judgments — I feel he’s the least credible man to make these kinds of judgments. These similar consultants which might be doing these research and placing out these information are those that principally uncovered him as the largest fraud in sports activities.

“So in my mind, that guy has no credibility to say whatever he wants to say. I don’t pay him any attention.”

Novizky has spoken a number of instances in regards to the Jones scenario over the previous week whereas making an attempt to clarify why the previous mild heavyweight champion nonetheless had a banned substance in his system 17 months after it was initially detected.

For his or her half, USADA already cleared Jones of any unsuitable doing and acknowledged they might not be sanctioning him for this newest constructive drug take a look at.

Novitzky added Jones received’t have carte blanche to check constructive for Turinabol at any time in the long run simply because these newest assessments had been flagged however he was nonetheless allowed to combat.

Jones faces Alexander Gustafsson in the principle occasion at UFC 232 on Saturday night time in Los Angeles however nonetheless has to go earlier than the Nevada State Athletic Fee in early 2019 to reply for these newest constructive drug assessments.

 

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