MMA-Today reports that the UFC’s Mara Borella was just handed a 26 year ban by the national Anti Doping company of Italy for the distribution as well as sale of cannabis as well as cocaine.
So what does this imply under the UFC’s customized tailored anti-doping policy? possibly nothing. As the Jon Jones situation illustrated, cocaine utilize or possession out of competition is typically not a battle sports violation. The exact same can be stated for cannabis.
Both Cannabis as well as Cocaine are not banned out of competition under the UFC/USADA Anti-Doping policy (the “ADP”). There is likewise nothing in the policy that immediately forces the UFC/USADA to acknowledge a ban from an other organization.
Section 15.1 of the ADP notes that the UFC ought to respect anti doping decisions from other organizations nevertheless this demand is not iron clad. The section reads as follows:
Testing, hearing results or other final adjudications of any type of Athletic
Commission or other Anti-Doping organization which are consistent
with this Anti-Doping policy as well as are within that party’s authority shall be
recognized as well as respected by UFC.
The essential is the other organization’s decision has to be “consistent” with the ADP. The ADP does not prohibit trafficking medications that are only banned in-competition except in restricted circumstances. The ADP has the complying with meaning of trafficking –
Trafficking: Selling, giving, transporting, sending, providing or distributing (or
Possessing for any type of such purpose) a Prohibited compound or Prohibited Method
(either physically or by any type of electronic or other means) by an Athlete, Athlete
Support person or any type of other person subject to the jurisdiction of an Anti-Doping
Organization Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Argentina to any type of third party; provided, however, this meaning shall not
include the actions of “bona fide” medical workers including a Prohibited
Substance utilized for authentic as well as legal therapeutic functions or other acceptable
justification, as well as shall not include actions including Prohibited Substances which
are not prohibited in Out-of-Competition testing unless the situations as a
whole demonstrate such Prohibited Substances are meant to Camiseta Fluminense improve sport
performance as well as not for authentic as well as legal therapeutic purposes.
If USADA wanted to acknowledge the Italian suspension Borella might suggest that selling cocaine/cannabis does not amount to ‘trafficking‘ under the ADP unless there is proof that the sale of the medications was “intended to improve sport performance” of the people purchasing. Absent proof of this particular demand the ADP’s meaning of trafficking is not met.
If the UFC desire to take action they would have likely have to utilize powers outside of the ADP such as potentially cutting her for coming off of a loss or otherwise take action based on their Code of Conduct. If they try to depend on the language of the ADP efforts to santion may autumn short.
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