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Anthony Pettis plans to sue USADA, claiming drug test bottle cut his hand prior to UFC 241

Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis claims the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency – and more specifically, its drug testing kit – is partly to blame for his loss against Nate Diaz at UFC 241.

Pettis, who’s scheduled to face Diego Ferreira on Saturday at UFC 246, plans to sue the anti-doping agency after he claims a bottle used to collect his fight-night drug sample cut his right hand, leaving him unable to perform to his capabilities.

”I had to fight compromised,” he said Monday on “Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show.