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Paige VanZant thinks women in her division with 'masculine physiques' are on PEDs

LOS ANGELES -- The performance-enhancing drug problem in MMA doesn't stop with the men, according to Paige Van Zant.

The popular, ranked women's strawweight fighter believes there are women in her division using PEDs. And she's excited that the UFC's new anti-doping policy run by USADA will work to clean things up.

"I will say some of the girls in my weight class have very masculine physiques, and I don't know if you can get those naturally," VanZant said at a media lunch Monday in Downtown Los Angeles. "I'm not a nutritionist, though, so I don't really know.