With the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) now not working alongside the UFC, fighters are sharing their horror tales of coping with the group.
Everybody from Paulo Costa, Nate Diaz, and Paige VanZant have spoken at size about USADA reps displaying up at their door in the midst of the evening and stalking them in the bathroom for hours at a time whereas making an attempt to gather a pattern.
Talking with The Score, UFC bantamweight standout Cody Stamann shared his personal awkward incident with a brand new USADA worker who got here knocking on his door on the flawed time.
“So I grabbed my gun — a 1911 .45 handgun — off my nightstand, I ran to the entrance door, and simply completely ripped the door open, simply standing there fully balls-out bare. I didn’t really level the gun at him however I had two arms on the gun, standing there in a preventing stance.
“This man circled and he checked out me and he was like, ‘Uh, I’m USADA, I’m right here to do a drug take a look at for you.’ I noticed instantly that he was a testing officer. I acknowledged the USADA T-shirt. I stated, ‘Will you give me only one second, please,’ and he went, ‘Take on a regular basis you want.’
“I went to close the door and he was like, ‘No, no, no, I gotta go along with you.’ I used to be like, ‘Are you critical? OK.’ So I went to the laundry room and threw some shorts on. Instinctively, I nonetheless had the gun in my hand. He requested, ‘Will you please put that down?’ And I used to be like, ‘Yeah, dude, my unhealthy.’
“This man was shook. He stated to me, ‘I simply began working right here this week.’ I used to be like, ‘Am I your first particular person?’ And he stated, ‘No, you’re my second.’
“I by no means noticed the man once more. That needed to have been a terrifying factor for him: a unadorned man pulling a gun on you. He was attempting to signal his title – they’ve a pill the place they must signal their title – and I may bodily see his hand was shaking. I shook this man to his core” (h/t MMA Mania).
After parting methods with USADA as a result of an “untenable” relationship, the UFC introduced its partnership with Drug Free Sport International, a transfer that got here with a good quantity of skepticism amongst fighters and followers.
As for Stamann, the 28-fight veteran holds a 7-5-1 report below the UFC banner. After incomes back-to-back wins towards Eddie Wineland and Luan Lacerda, ‘The Spartan’ got here up quick in his final outing towards Douglas Silva de Andrade in Could 2023.
