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Click Debate: How do UFC fighters feel about telling USADA their whereabouts?

Brian Ortega is not the kind of guy who wants to be pinned down.

The long-haired surfer — and undefeated featherweight fighter — from Los Angeles’ South Bay appreciates what USADA has done since it started the UFC’s anti-doping program two years ago. The whole telling USADA where you’ll be every day, three months in advance, though? It’s not really for him.

“I’m gonna be honest,” Ortega told MMA Fighting. “Listen. I don’t check in with no one. Straight up. I’m not trying to be a dick. But f*ck man, why do I gotta check in?