Now that United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is no longer drug testing UFC fighters, some of the promotionâs top athletes are sharing their horror stories from their days in the organizationâs Whereabouts Program. The process included USADA inspectors showing up unannounced at all hours of the day and night for surprise sample collections.
UFC bantamweight Cody Stamann was ill-prepared for such a visit after drinking with his buddies one Friday night, leading to an awkward (and pants-less ) encounter with a new USADA employee.
Stamann shared the incident with The Score:
So I grabbed my gun â a 1911 .45 handgun â off my nightstand, I ran to the front door, and just absolutely ripped the door open, just standing there completely balls-out naked. I didnât actually point the gun at him but I had two hands on the gun, standing there in a fighting stance.
This guy turned around and he looked at me and he was like, âUh, Iâm USADA, Iâm here to do a drug test for you.â I saw immediately that he was a testing officer. I recognized the USADA T-shirt. I said, âWill you give me just one second, please,â and he went, âTake all the time you need.â
I went to shut the door and he was like, âNo, no, no, I gotta go with you.â I was like, âAre you serious? OK.â So I went to the laundry room and threw some shorts on. Instinctively, I still had the gun in my hand. He asked, âWill you please put that down?â And I was like, âYeah, dude, my bad.â
^^^ I like guns, but not because I like to shoot them at people. They are just fun to shoot. But in my house they are hidden nearby and my kids know where they are. They know the guns are to be left alone and respected, as they are dangerous. If somebody breaks into my house while we are asleep I will have zero problems shooting them if I feel like I need to. But I would never answer my door with a gun in my hand unless I planned on smoking the motherfucker on the other side.
Donât be picking up a gun like that unless you wanna get killed yourself. Stupid shit.
^^all that being said, guns for self defense are a last resort for me. I would only use if I felt I had to and would prefer to be left alone. I wonât jump to a gun at the slightest fear. That is way too dangerousâŚ. If only the world had less cowards in it who had no problems getting their ass whooped