LAS VEGAS (AP) β Two months after promising to ramp up drug testing of its more than 500 fighters, UFC hired federal investigator Jeff Novitzky to spearhead the organization’s anti-doping initiative.
The UFC announced Monday that Novitzky will begin serving as its vice president of health and performance later this month when he leaves his job as special agent for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Novitzky came to national prominence during the BALCO investigation that implicated Barry Bonds and Marion Jones, among others, and also led a doping probe of cyclist Lance Armstrong.
