Brock Lesnar Facing Potential $1.25 Million Fine
Brock's bank account could get a lot lighter.
More bad news for Brock Lesnar, as his alleged USADA doping violation could cost him $1.25 million or more, as noted by The Wrestling Observer.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission rules state that a fighter can be subjected to a 50% to 75% fine of their purse if they fail a drug test for anabolic steroids. Lesnar's potential violation came from a sample taken out-of-competition 12 days before his fight.
Not only would this hurt Lesnar financially, but it sheds a bad light on his incredible victory against Mark Hunt after being retired for four-and-a-half years. WWE wants to ride the momentum from that win into SummerSlam, but it could be hard to ignore the increasingly bad press this is generating.
The Observer also noted that Brock took in around $6,000,000 total in his last UFC fight, which includes his bonuses. The NSAC may go for a percentage of that amount, which could add a couple million more to his fine.
To top it all off, The Beast could be suspended from MMA for two years if they find him guilty, which could effectively kill any chance of further UFC bouts from him.
WWE recently shied away from hiring Moose due to an incident seven years ago, but this story will be a much larger one that that. It will be interesting to see how the company reacts if Lesnar's win is overturned. They may have no choice but to suspend him as well.
We will find out more at Lesnar's NSAC hearing, which will likely happen sometime this month.