UFC fighters will be part of a pilot program USADA is introducing that the agency hopes will streamline the blood-testing process and make things better for the athletes.
On Thursday, USADA announced what it calls a “friendlier” blood-collection process for athletes that also enables more blood collections and increases the sample’s longevity, per a press release. The pilot program is being first used on UFC fighters.
The name of the device used for the new collection is called TAP, which is referred to as “the world’s first push-button blood collection device.” The device is being used is part of a partnership with USADA and Seventh Sense Biosystems (7SBio).