Lesnar: 'We will get to the bottom' of potential doping violation

Shortly after the UFC announced that Brock Lesnar potentially violated its doping policy, the former heavyweight champion indicated he was still in the process of doing his own due diligence on the matter.

"We will get to the bottom of this," Lesnar said in a statement provided to The Associated Press late Friday.

Hours earlier, the UFC said it was notified by the USADA that Lesnar, a former UFC champion and current WWE Superstar, may have violated the promotion's anti-doping policy less than two weeks before he returned to the Octagon at UFC 200 for his first MMA fight in nearly five years.

Lesnar, who reportedly passed three tests over a nine-day period in mid-June, according to the AP, defeated Mark Hunt by unanimous decision in the highly anticipated July 9 event. The potential violation in question was collected during an out-of-competition drug test June 28, and the UFC said it was not notified until Thursday.

Three days before UFC 200, another high-profile fighter, Jon Jones, was flagged for an anti-doping violation and pulled from his main event bout with Daniel Cormier. Jones, who denied the alleged doping, is facing a two-year suspension.

Lesnar's reported violation comes on the heels of his outspoken comments about performance-enhancing drugs. In the wake of Jones' failed test, Lesnar called him "totally unprofessional," and when asked about PEDs prior to his fight with Hunt, the 39-year-old fighter said: "I'm a white boy and I'm jacked. Deal with it."

On Friday, Hunt said if he isn't awarded half of Lesnar's $2.5-million purse, he wants to be released, in an interview with Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com.

"The cheaters get a slap on the wrist and walk off," Hunt said. "What penalty or deterrent is there to make them think twice? Nothing. And the (Nevada Athletic Commission), why should these (expletive) get anything? They are not the ones who had to fight with Lesnar or lose (to him). I lost."