{"id":172423,"date":"2015-10-21T08:23:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T15:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=172423"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:39:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:39:42","slug":"cathal-pendred-randomly-drug-tested-by-usada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/cathal-pendred-randomly-drug-tested-by-usada\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathal Pendred randomly drug tested by USADA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Cathal Pendred prepares for his &#8216;UFC Fight Night: Dublin&#8217; bout against Tom Breese this Saturday on UFC Fight Pass he revealed via Twitter that he was randomly drug tested for the US Anti Doping Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Pendred, like many fighters, is happy to see more random drug tests in an effort to clean up the sport.<\/p>\n<p>He took to Twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2 members of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sportireland\">@sportireland<\/a> at my front door today at 7am looking for my urine on behalf of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usantidoping\">@usantidoping<\/a>.&#10;I gladly welcome these measures.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cathal Pendred (@Pendred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pendred\/status\/656516668567457792\">October 20, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on increased random drug testing in the UFC? 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