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Anthony Pettis Sues USADA, Says He Was Injured During Drug Test Before UFC 241

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The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is getting hit with a lawsuit from former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, who claims he suffered an injury "while providing the agency a urine sample immediately before a fight againstNate Diazin August 2019," according to ESPN's Brett Okamoto.

Okamoto added that Pettis lacerated his right hand "while screwing on the top of a glass collection bottle" after supplying USADA with the requested urine sample.

"We are absolutely filing a lawsuit," Abe Kawa, Pettis' manager, told Okamoto. "We'll be naming USADA, the UFC and the manufacturer of the bottle that Anthony cut himself on.