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Cheaters beware! USADA just increased drug testing for third quarter of 2016

I've got bad news for those folks in the mixed martial arts (MMA) community who thought United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) jumped the shark after nabbing Jon Jones and Brock Lesnar, two of the biggest stars in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

They're just getting warmed up.

UFC vice president of athlete health and performance, Jeff Novitzky, expects USADA to test 700 fighters in the third quarter of 2016, up from 450-550 the previous term while marking the first quarter in which the anti-doping program is fully implemented.

Novitzky talked to MMA Fighting about the collateral damage that results from a successful program, including the decision to pull Jones from his UFC 200 headliner on short notice when his pre-fight urine sample came back so hot, two Hobbits tried to throw a ring into it.