UFC's Lorenzo Fertitta discusses new random drug testing efforts

Fertitta would not even specify what he meant by "all of these guys." Will the promotion seek to have just the participants in every championship fight

Jeff Wagenheim | Apr 8, 2014

UFC's Lorenzo Fertitta discusses new random drug testing efforts /

Jon Jones has been undergoing random drug testing ahead of his April 26 title defense in Baltimore. — Jon Jones has been undergoing random drug testing ahead of his April 26 title defense in Baltimore :: Greg Nelson/SI/SI

Fertitta would not even specify what he meant by "all of these guys." Will the promotion seek to have just the participants in every championship fight randomly tested? Or will the enhanced program extend even beyond that to, say, the main eventers on every card? "Sometimes these things take a little time to actually get put in place where you can effectively manage it," he said. "Sometimes the media just wants everything to happen yesterday. We're doing it. It's all starting to happen now."

Published Apr 8, 2014

JEFF WAGENHEIM

Paradoxically, Jeff Wagenheim considers himself a pacifist (except when driving in traffic) but nonetheless writes about mixed martial arts, the world's most combative sport (other than driving in traffic). As a veteran of three decades in magazines and newspapers, he's a bit grayer than most who attend UFC fights, even along press row. (A fan watching an MMA media panel show recently referred to him as "that crazy hippie uncle," to which Jeff responds, "Groovy, man!") Wagenheim also has tackled pro football for SI.com, and writes about sports and the arts for The Boston Globe. When he's not on the road chasing the UFC, Jeff spends Sunday afternoons spinning Sleepy LaBeef and Boozoo Chavis records for a popular (but not pop) radio show in western Massachusetts.