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Anthony Pettis to sue USADA over hand laceration: ‘I had to fight compromised’

Anthony Pettis may have lost to Nate Diaz at UFC 241, but he hopes to win a lawsuit against USADA.

Pettis says he entered the bout with Diaz sporting a cut to his hand. The culprit? A USADA drug test bottle, allegedly. The cut apparently occurred during a fight-night drug sample.

”I had to fight compromised,” he told Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday (h/t MMA Fighting). “I gave USADA a chance to make it right, but right now, we’re going through the court. I’ve got to sue them.