The UFC no longer works with USADA, but veterans Chris Weidman, Jorge Masvidal, and Dustin Poirier can still remember how difficult it occasionally was to deal with the drug-testing agency.
From 2015-2023, USADA handled testing the UFC’s roster of fighters, using a system of checks and balances that involved random tests and athletes regularly having to update the agency on their whereabouts. That could lead to some awkward moments, which Weidman, Masvidal, and Poirier discussed on a recent episode of their Deep Waters podcast.
“I was golfing one time and so they had to come to the golf course and they waited for me at the turn,” Weidman said.
