LAS VEGAS – With the Nevada State Athletic Commission set to resume
random drug testing on July 1, the commissioners also hope to soon
institute stiffer penalties for those failing screens.
During the NSAC’s monthly meeting, held today in Las Vegas, commissioner
Pat Lundvall and Francisco Aguilar each discussed the need for
increased penalties to offending combatants, particularly in the case of
fighters using diuretics.
“We are seeing an increasing amount of these diuretics,” Lundvall said. “I think it is getting to be almost a problem.