{"id":338055,"date":"2020-01-14T06:14:24","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T14:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=338055"},"modified":"2020-01-14T06:14:24","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T14:14:24","slug":"former-ufc-lightweight-champ-anthony-pettis-is-suing-usada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/former-ufc-lightweight-champ-anthony-pettis-is-suing-usada\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC lightweight champ Anthony Pettis is suing USADA"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

UFC 246 star Anthony Pettis has revealed that he is using USADA after cutting his finger whilst providing a drug test sample before UFC 241.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Pettis, who will be fighting this weekend in Las Vegas, was referencing an incident that took place a matter of hours before his fight against Nate Diaz<\/a> this past summer which, in the eyes of some, could have wound up impacting some areas of the fight.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Pettis was speaking to ESPN’s Ariel Helwani prior to his fight on Saturday night against Carlos Diego Ferreira when the issue came to light.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cUSADA comes up and says, \u2018Hey we need to do a piss test for your drug test.\u2019 I did the first drug test, but it was too diluted, because when you rehydrate there is like too much water in you,\u201d Pettis said (via MMA Mania<\/a>).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cSo they had me do a second drug test, but I had to wait until I could pee again. So it was like an hour and a half before the fight so I had to go again and I told the USADA guy to let\u2019s go get it done,\u201d Pettis added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cI did the test and I\u2019m closing the first bottle up, it\u2019s like a twist cap. So I\u2019m twisting the cap and I put it inside the plastic bag and I see blood. So I\u2019m just like what the fuck! So I look at my hand and I gashed my hand on the USADA drug test.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

While Pettis still went on to compete, there was some speculation within his team that he could bow out as a direct result of a request from his coaches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t talk about it because I gave USADA a chance to make it right. So right now we\u2019re going through court, I got to sue them,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\r\n

What do you think of this story from Anthony Pettis?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 1\/14\/2020.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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