Mark Hunt’s attorney alleges that Brock Lesnar’s UFC comeback fits into a larger pattern of selective enforcement of UFC anti-doping laws.

If Hunt’s lawsuit against the promoter and fighter is successful, both will take a financial hit big enough to keep it from ever happening again.

“There’s nothing deterring Brock Lesnar from doping, getting $5 million-plus from pay-per-view and the purse, and just turning around to pay a nominal fraction of that when they have no desire to come back to the UFC, anyway,” Hunt’s attorney Christina Denning told MMAjunkie. “The avenue to punish Brock is there. It’s just not being executed by the UFC, which is a problem, because this is what happens in every situation.”

Hunt is seeking damages “in the millions” from Lesnar, the UFC, and UFC President Dana White for what he and Denning contend is a scheme to undercut the rules for their own benefit. As MMAjunkie previously reported, the suit cites federal racketeering and fraud violations, alleging the defendants “affirmatively circumvented and obstructed fair competition for their own benefit, including being complicit in doping proliferation under the guise of advancing ‘the best anti-doping program in all of professional sports.’”

The suit also brings back the promotion’s checkered history with testosterone-replacement exemptions, citing information from a Deadspin story that claimed it gave Vitor Belfort permission to fight Jon Jones at UFC 152 despite Belfort’s abnormally high testosterone level.

Although Lesnar was suspended for one year and fined $250,000 by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for a pair of failed drug tests in connection with his unanimous decision over Hunt at UFC 200, Denning said that’s not nearly enough.

“Sure, $250k is a big chunk of change, but in the grand scheme of things, it’s nothing,” she said. “It was a good investment.”

Lesnar, via his attorney, declined to comment to MMAjunkie on the pending litigation with Hunt. His anti-doping attorney, however, denied he knowingly took banned substances prior to a disciplinary hearing with the NSAC, which used two drug failures found by USADA as the basis of a disciplinary complaint. Lesnar later settled with the commission on the punishment he received, also admitting no liability.

The UFC also declined comment, saying the promotion is still gathering information on the matter.

Denning said Hunt still wants to fight for the industry-leader, but also wants to be compensated for Lesnar and the promotion’s alleged impropriety.

“We’re not making any allegations as to (which defendant is more responsible than the other),” Denning said. “We just want a bunch of money based on what the statutes allow us. There’s punitive damages at issue here sufficient to punish the UFC, and the UFC has a lot of money.

“If you’re suing somebody for fraud and punitive damages, and they only make $100,000 a year, the jury is not going to award that much in damages. But when you’re the UFC and the jury sits and hears about how awful and how egregious the pattern of conduct was leading up to UFC 200 and going back to prior fights, knowing how much the UFC’s worth, they can award an amount sufficient to deter future conduct.”

Despite Hunt’s (12-10-1 MMA, 7-4-1 UFC) decision to sue shortly after booking a pay-per-view fight against Alistair Overeem (41-15 MMA, 6-4 UFC) at UFC 209, the attorney said the lawsuit could easily be dropped if the parties wanted to settle. She said the plaintiffs don’t intend to blame one party more than the others.

“If they all wanted to be represented by the same person and offer us a package and we never knew who was paying what, we probably wouldn’t care, as long as it was an amount that was fair,” she said.

The way the situation played out, she said, was anything but. She claims when Lesnar decided to return to the promotion, he conspired with the promotion to evade the rules and fight Hunt with an unfair advantage.

Denning said it was no accident that the ex-champ signed with the promotion this past June despite being in negotiations three months prior. When Lesnar admitted to ESPN he had been negotiating with the UFC since this past March, he essentially admitted he was in on the scheme, she said.

“He was in on this,” she said. “He’s coming from the WWE – he’s on steroids – and he can’t sign up officially with the UFC in March, because he’s going to be dumped into this program for doping and he’s going to fail.”

Denning also faults the UFC for granting Lesnar an exemption from a four-month testing window normally required for fighters coming out of retirement. She contends the promotion and Lesnar were just looking for a big payout and didn’t want anti-doping rules to get in the way.

“He talks about how big he is and how much money he’s going to make on this,” Denning said. “He is purposely conspiring to circumvent doping regulations.”

Denning said she hasn’t gotten any indication of whether the lawsuit will compel a financial compromise with the accused parties, but Hunt isn’t waiting for another positive test to mar his career. He’s threatened to sue Overeem, whom he meets March 4 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and any future opponent who tests positive.

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