USADA examined UFC champ Jiri Prochazka a report fifty one instances in 2022, 15 this month alone

Back in 2019, former UFC mild heavyweight champion Jon Jones changed into examined with the aid of using USADA a complete of forty two instances, a lot to the wonder of many. According to UFC exec Jeff Novitzky on the time, it changed into the very best quantity of every year checks he had visible on one athlete in any sport.

In 2019, @JonnyBones changed into problem to forty two no-observe drug checks with the aid of using three separate entities (USADA, CSAC and NSAC). In my two decades revel in withinside the anti-doping world, that is the very best quantity of every year checks that I even have ever visible on one athlete, in any sport.

— Jeff Novitzky (@JeffNovitzkyUFC) February three, 2020

We`re best at the start of the fourth sector of 2022, and that wide variety has already been surpassed. As first mentioned with the aid of using TSN`s Aaron Bronsteter, reigning UFC mild heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka had already passed through fifty one USADA checks for the year.

Athletes who’ve submitted the maximum samples in 2022:

J. Prochazka fifty one
M. Kape 15
K. Usman 15
A.Carnelossi 14
M. Cirkunov 14
N. Magny 14
R. Namajunas 13
H. Cejudo 12
P. Costa 12
J. Masvidal 12

— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) October 26, 2022

USADA`s UFC database confirms the aforementioned wide variety, displaying that Prochazka changed into examined 15 instances this October alone. He had 27 checks in Q3, seven in Q2, and in Q1, for a complete of fifty one up to now in 2022.

 

 

 

 

 

USADA doesn`t publicly talk their trying out methods, so it’s miles nevertheless uncertain why the UFC champion is being focused with heavy trying out in current months.

To provide an concept on simply how massive and abnormal that determine is, USADA awards jackets for folks that attain 50 smooth drug tests. Kamaru Usman turned into the primary UFC fighter to get hold of that accolade in 2021, and he has been withinside the trying out pool because it began out in 2015. Six years really well worth of trying out for Usman, turned into eclipsed through Prochazka in some months.

The maximum overall in 2021 turned into Misha Cirkunov getting examined 27 times. In 2020, the very best turned into Jon Jones` 25 tests. In 2019, Sean O`Malley had 26.

Prochazka, who`s been on a 13-combat win streak starting in 2016, captured the UFC undisputed 205-pound identify from Glover Teixeira at UFC 275 in June in Singapore. The guys at the moment are slated for a rematch on December 10 at UFC 282 in Las Vegas.