novitzky kick-started the balco investigation and is well-known for his work with steroid and ped use in sport .
the case involved the investigations into barry bonds , marion jones and justin gatlin .
the federal agent also probed lance armstrong 's tour de france teams and helped unmask the shamed former cyclist .
ufc is keen to banish the sport of peds after high-profile failed tests from the likes of anderson silva , nick diaz and hector lombard .
` there is no bigger advocate of clean professional sports than jeff novitzky , ' the ufc 's lawrence epstein said .