5 Reasons why Brock Lesnar is retiring from the UFC

#4 Brock Lesnar does not want to go through drug tests again

Brock Lesnar put himself through 6 months of drug testing by entering the USADA testing pool following July. In that time, it was easy to see that with his training, Lesnar was far thinner than he had been in a while.

UFC drug testing regulations are extremely strict. Athletes are often forced to wake up early in the morning due to surprise visits by testing personnel to provide samples. If there is one thing that Brock Lesnar is, he is laid back. He does not want to work so hard, because, as we specified earlier, he does not need any of it.

Also, there are often cases where MMA fighters accidentally contract positive drug tests due to the supplements that they take on a daily basis. Lesnar might want to avoid the hassle and uncertainty attached to this.

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Anirban Banerjee is a journalist from Kolkata, India and has been a part of building Sportskeeda's WWE section over the past 8 years. He's been an Assistant Content Manager for the team during the past 3 years as well. Banerjee has interviewed Jon Jones, Conor McGregor, 'Cowboy' Cerrone, Jorge Masvidal, Mandy Rose, Joe Hendry, Darren Till, and many others.

Anirban has worked in the field of wrestling and mixed martial arts journalism for several years. In addition to his work on Sportskeeda, Anirban is a fiction writer and has co-written over 20 biographies. He was also a columnist for 90 Minutes.

In his free time, Anirban is an avid reader and spends hours lost in books.

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