Anthony Birchak Thinks Thomas Almeida Used an IV at Fight Night 77

Anthony Birchak spoke with MMAjunkie about his loss to Thomas Almeida at UFC Fight Night 77 and more. Check out the highlights:

On a responding Twitter user who said that the fighters had been tested at UFC Fight Night 77: “Someone said something, and I was like, ‘Well, that’s funny, because none of us got tested down there.'”

On CABMMA handling the testing: “Usually what happens is we get off the bus when we get to the arena on fight day. We get to our ready rooms, and they pull us one by one into the testing area. We all piss in a cup, and they send us back and we gear up and get ready for the fight. That didn’t happen this time.”

On being angry that there wasn’t testing: “What pisses me off is I’m the one over here following the rules, and we’re not even getting tested. So they’re scaring us by saying, yeah, we’re going to test you. There was a couple of people who blew up pretty big. I’m thinking they’re still getting IVs.”

On believing Almeida was rehydrated by IV: “Look how big Thomas was. Almeida fluffed up big time. Gaining that much and filling out as much as he did … he looked like Skeletor at the weigh-ins. Then he came back and he had a full, bloated belly and was pretty big. Myself, I would say I drank two to three gallons of water and a couple things of coconut water. It takes a lot longer to process. Oral rehydration is the best way to rehydrate when time is not a factor. But when time is a factor, IV is obviously the best way.”

On the IV Zban: “I’m hoping it’s because I’m just not that f-cking important. Let’s chalk it up to, I’m a small fish in a big pond. If you’re going to scare the sh-t out of me with this IV ban, you might as well follow up with it.”