Someone arrived to Dan Ige’s house at 6:30 a.m. to collect blood and the fighter assumed they were with USADA.
Dan Ige is going to need some intentional blood work after unintentionally giving his blood to a random person.
The Hawaiian UFC fighter used Twitter to vent about an early morning exchange that resulted in him giving blood to a complete stranger. “So pissed off. Someone came over this morning,” an irate Ige wrote Thursday morning.
“I thought it was USADA. They took my blood and everything and [I] come to find out these people went to the wrong house address,” he continued, noting they “did not work for USADA.”
So pissed off someone came over this morning I thought it was @usantidoping @USADA_UFC they took my blood and everything and come to find out these people went to the wrong house address and did not work for usada WTF!!!!!
— Dan Ige (@Dynamitedan808) April 18, 2019
Ige took some blame for the incident. He admitted, “I’m so mad and sure [some] of this is my fault,” but argued he was “just cooperating” under the assumption they were with USADA. Apparently, the stranger rang his “doorbell six times at 6:30 a.m… Now I probably have AIDS,” he concluded.
I’m so mad, and sure of this is my fault… When someone rings your doorbell six times at 6:30 AM saying they’re here to take your blood I was just cooperating thinking it’s USADA now I probably have aids
— Dan Ige (@Dynamitedan808) April 18, 2019
Former UFC fighter and current PFL athlete Ramsey Nijem chimed in. “Ha ha, wild,” wrote a clearly amused Nijem. “You now have a clone.”
There’s a lot of parody accounts out there!
— Dan Ige (@Dynamitedan808) April 18, 2019
Ige has rattled off three consecutive wins, most recently dropping and submitting Danny Henry at 1:17 of round one at UFC London in March. He does not currently have a bout scheduled, but if Nijem has his way than Ige will be paired up with his evil twin.