The Savage Truth: Glaring Need for a Collective Voice

Editor’s note: The views and opinions expressed below are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Sherdog.com, its affiliates and sponsors or its parent company, Evolve Media.*** Mark Hunt on Monday threw down the gauntlet to his employer — pardon me, contractor — in a fiery and rancorous interview on “The MMA Hour.” One of the friendliest and most accommodating athletes in the sport, Hunt was audibly enraged as he spoke with host Ariel Helwani, unfurling a profanity-laced tirade on the Ultimate Fighting Championship, seeming to allege that it could not have cared less about sending an enhanced Brock Lesnar to the cage to thump him at UFC 200 on July 9. First off, I have been and will continue to be a supporter of the UFC’s partnership with the United States Anti-Doping Agency and feel they’re doing important work in a sport — you know, like all of them — that has a big performance-enhancing drug problem. While I understand the frustration Hunt feels, I still believe the promotion should be lauded for bringing in this independent party to handle the testing and adjudication of a very sensitive program. Can they be doing some things better? Absolutely. Let’s think about this for a second and put ourselves in Hunt’s position. I don’t know for certain, but I’d bet an overwhelming majority of us would feel a bit perturbed after being pummeled by an allegedly juiced-up meta-human like Lesnar, only to find out he tested positive for a banned substance. I understand the anger. After speaking with guys like Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold in wake of their run-ins with enhanced fighters, it really wasn’t the fact …

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