[alnorth]

Well, now we know why the test took so long. For this special random out of competition test, Nevada used one of the best labs in the world, the same WADA lab in Utah that the USOC uses, but that lab is also very popular due to their reputation. They handle 30,000 tests a year and they do not prioritize, at all.

Not only do they not prioritize, they do not even want to know who the sample is for (other than the data entry guy whose job it is to transform the identity of the sample to a code number before handing it off to the tester, and then later to decode the code number back to the identity to mail off the results), and the fact that millions of dollars potentially rides on the outcome if it comes back earlier doesn't matter to them. This world-class WADA lab takes a few weeks, and if thats too long for you, use a different lab.

Its possible that Nevada and the UFC knew this lab takes a while, and thats why they used it just in case it turned up a bad result.