Paulo Costa has hit out at UFC drug testers by weighing in for his fight with "secret juice" after claiming they blood tested him in the early hours of the morning.
Costa, who fights Luke Rockhold at UFC 278 this Saturday, said United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) officials came to his hotel room at 6am on Friday to take his blood. As part of the UFC's anti-doping policy, fighters are subject to random drug tests 365 days a year.
Fighters have to update USADA of their whereabouts frequently so the agency can locate them for out-of-competition testing. Costa, who successfully made weight for his middleweight fight with Rockhold, is not the only fighter to recently vent their frustration at the anti-doping agency. Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman said USADA also recently turned up to his house at 5am ordering a drug test.
