Dustin Poirier opens up on close call with UFC drug testing agents

Dustin Poirier recalls time he nearly failed UFC drug test

Speaking with Shakiel Mahjouri, Poirier explained a time where anti-doping agents almost caught him out with their whereabouts policy.

"One time I was buying a vehicle," Poirier said. "I was at the dealership signing paperwork. They called me, they were at the gate here at my house. They were like, 'Well if you can't make it here back to your house to meet me in the next hour, it counts as a failed test.'

"... I'm like, 'I can't leave now, I'm in the middle of paperwork.' They drove to the dealership. I did blood and urine at the car dealership in the office."

Whether USADA or UFC Anti-Doping, Poirier would have had to adhere to a 'whereabouts' policy. The testing team would have known Poirier's location, and thus threatened a failed test for not being present, since they weren't updated on his absence.

As per the current Anti-Doping measures, Poirier would have been hit with a failure for failing to adhere to his whereabouts policy.

Any three whereabouts failures in a rolling twelve-month timespan can result in an anti-doping policy violation for UFC athletes, and could be considered evasion or tampering.