Undefeated UFC middleweight Paulo Henrique Costa has revealed that his former trainer tried to blackmail him by sending several people a video of the Brazilian being administered an IV, which ended up forcing him out of his much anticipated fight against Yoel Romero at UFC Fort Lauderdale earlier this year.
Costa has already accepted a six-month sanction from the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for the prohibited use of the IV as he did not have an exemption to use it.
“Borrachinha” spoke to Ag. Fight and said the trainer involved in the leak has been cut from the team after “betraying” the trust of not only himself but the rest of the team (via MMAFighting.