No. 1 ranked flyweight contender Brandon Royval couldn’t even sit right down to eat with out having to present a urine pattern.
‘Uncooked Dawg’ just lately revealed on his Instagram tales {that a} consultant with DFSI (Drug Free Sport Worldwide) interrupted his meal at an area restaurant to finish one of many promotion’s no-notice drug exams.
“LOL they actually drug testing me in every single place,” Royval captioned the video.
After eight years, the UFC ended its partnership with the US Anti-Doping Company in favor of an in-house system. Right this moment, DFSI handles pattern assortment whereas the precise pattern testing goes via SMRTL (Sports activities Drugs Analysis & Testing Laboratory), thought-about by many within the business to be the highest anti-doping testing laboratory on the planet.
Brandon Royval’s newest win forces the UFC to assume exterior the field for its subsequent flyweight title challenger
Arising brief towards reigning flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 296 final 12 months, Brandon Royval bounced again final month, scoring an enormous break up determination victory over former titleholder Brandon Moreno on brief discover. The win solidified his spot on the high of the 125-pound rankings.
His win additionally put the promotion in a little bit of a pickle when it got here to reserving Pantoja’s subsequent title battle.
In consequence, Steve Erceg, who’s coming off simply his third win contained in the Octagon, will problem ‘The Cannibal’ within the UFC 301 headliner on Saturday, Might 4 in Rio de Janeiro.
