UFC Fighters Advised To Quit Marijuana To Avoid Stiff Fines
The fighters seeking to participate in UFC 298‘s Feb. 17 event at Honda Center in Anaheim, California could risk a $100 fine if testing positive over the allowed threshold for marijuana, according to an email obtained by MMA Fighting.
California State Athletic Commission’s rules find any positive drug test with over 150 nanograms of THC per milliliter exceeding the limit.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) advised athletes to “discontinue use immediately to ensure you don’t exceed” the threshold.
By the usual protocol that commissions follow in terms of competition tests, the UFC informed the fighters that testing would be done on either the weigh-in day or the fight day.
Simultaneously, the fighters were also called to pay attention to the commission’s “10-point plan to …