SALT LAKE CITY – Paulo Costa was plenty fired up early in the day Friday, well before he got in the cage with Luke Rockhold.
After Costa made weight for UFC 278 in Salt Lake City at the official weigh-ins, he went on a brief expletive-filled rant for the UFC officials and media in attendance at the host hotel in Salt Lake City.
Costa said a representative for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the UFC’s drug-testing partner, showed up at his hotel room early in the morning while he was cutting weight in preparation for his trip to the scale a few hours later. Not only did they arrive to get a sample from him during a time that many fighters are dehydrated and cutting their final pounds, but he said their test included a blood draw.
