Cody Garbrandt was outraged when he found out that one of T.J. Dillashaw’s drug samples wasn’t rigorously tested for EPO, the injectable only performance-enhancing substance his former teammate tested positive for in relation to his flyweight title bout with Henry Cejudo at UFC Fight Night 143.
Garbrandt demanded that the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) retest Dillashaw’s previous samples for EPO but, according to UFC Vice President of Athlete and Health Performance Jeff Novitzky, Dillashaw was tested for erythropoietin prior to both bouts with ‘No Love,’ and the results came back negative.
This according to a recent interview with MMA Junkie, where Novitzky claims Dillashaw was also tested for EPO in relation to his fights against John Lineker and Raphael Assuncao, which both came back negative.