LAS VEGAS – Ex-interim UFC welterweight champion Colby Covington repeatedly has accused champ Kamaru Usman without evidence of using the performance-enhancing drug erythropoietin (EPO). Now, he’s turned against the UFC’s anti-doping partner.
Covington lashed out at the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for lax testing in advance of UFC 245, incorrectly claiming he hadn’t been tested for Saturday’s pay-per-view fight against Usman at T-Mobile Arena.
”They didn’t test me one time leading up to this fight,” Covington told several media outlets, including MMA Fightng, during an extended scrum. “They know I’m clean – that’s probably why they didn’t test me.