Travis Tygart Four months ago, Travis Tygart, CEO of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), looked at the UFC and saw an organization at “a critical crossroads.” He also saw an organization that had done a lot of talking on the subject of drug testing, but had yet to take much meaningful action. That’s why Tygart was as surprised as anyone to find himself just a few months later sharing the stage with UFC executives as they announced a partnership between the UFC and USADA to implement a stringent anti-doping program. It’s a partnership that came together with surprising speed, according to Tygart, and in a lot of ways it started with one key hiring decision. To get a sense of how that process unfolded and what the new program will look like, MMAjunkie spoke with Tygart for a brief phone interview late last week. Below are selected excerpts from that conversation
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USADA CEO on UFC’s ‘impressive’ speed from talk to action on drug testing – MMA Junkie