PFL Fighter Andrey Koreshkov Talks About Unplanned Doping Control in Omsk

Russian fighter Andrei Koreshkov who plays in the PFL and Bellator leagues, told how he passed unscheduled doping tests during a training session in Omsk.

For a long time, unscheduled doping tests were carried out by UFC fighters, but since 2023, the unscheduled doping testing program has been introduced in the PFL, the tests are organized by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

— PFL fighters say they are now also undergoing unscheduled tests. Did they take them from you?

— Yes, they reported that USADA is testing us now. This is exactly the organization that worked with the UFC. This year I took a test in Miami during acclimatization, an employee called and said that he had arrived at the gym. Then, after the April fight, they tested me once in Omsk.

— You are probably the first fighter to whom USADA came to Omsk (UFC champion Petr Yan was mostly in Yekaterinburg at the time he signed a contract with the UFC. — “”)?

– I think so, I was taking the children to kindergarten, an employee called me and said that he had arrived and was ready to meet me. We agreed, I arrived right away, and that’s it … I have a personal account in the Athlete Connection program, where you indicate data on which quarters you will be, the place and from what time to what time. In addition, you indicate the address where you live, the phone number and the address of the gym where you train, at what time, on what days. When the employee called, we agreed that he would drive to the gym, he came by car, I came right after kindergarten – and took the test.

— They call from a Russian number and speak Russian?

“Yes,” Koreshkov told .

Koreshkov, 33, had two fights in the PFL league in April and June of this year as part of the welterweight Grand Prix.

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