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Paulo Costa, who now holds the number-eight spot in the UFC middleweight rankings, boasts one of the most impressive physiques in MMA. His physique is so impressive, in fact, that some naysayers have accused him of doping.<\/p>\n

Surfing legend Kelly Slater is one of these naysayers.<\/p>\n

\u201dDidn\u2019t\u00a0Cung Le\u00a0get caught because he looked suspect in a photo after a fight?\u201d Slater wrote in a comment on a UFC Instagram post about Paulo Costa. \u201cCosta makes Yoel\u2019s physique look almost attainable. If this guy ain\u2019t juiced they shouldn\u2019t bother testing at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Costa, of course, has never failed a drug test in the UFC, despite undergoing a battery of surprise tests from the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the UFC’s anti-doping partner.<\/p>\n

For this reason, he doesn’t take kindly to comments like Slater’s.<\/p>\n

“Kelly Slater talked too much, said stupid things,\u201d Paulo Costa told MMA Fighting<\/a>. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t understand how the anti-doping system works in the UFC, he doesn\u2019t know how USADA works, doesn\u2019t understand the USADA policy of testing any fighter at any moment anywhere in the world, blood and urine.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe do random tests all the time, so if someone says a UFC fighter is fighting on the juice, to me that someone is completely ignorant about MMA, UFC, anti-doping and USADA,” Costa continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does bother me because people talk without knowing. They judge me because I have a good physique, an excellent condition, and think I got this by cheating instead of hard work, diet, effort and sacrifice. I keep working really hard, so it bothers me because they diminish my work and effort. But I know where my results come from, so my conscience is clear.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you think of Kelly Slater’s accusations of Paulo Costa? Was the surfer out of line?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 7\/18\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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