UFC featherweight Dan Ige wants U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) representatives to identify themselves more clearly when they show up at his door.

USADA claims to do that already. But Ige begs to differ.

One day after he made headlines for a bizarre blood-collecting incident in which an unknown woman made off with his plasma, Ige told MMA Junkie on Friday that USADA collectors usually show up in civilian clothes. They may or may not identify themselves, he added.

“Maybe they need a USADA t-shirt or something,” said Ige, who made headlines when he posted about giving his blood to a woman he thought worked for USADA, only to find out she wasn’t.

“Whether you know them or not, they should say, ‘This is so-and-so with USADA,’” Ige added.

USADA spokesperson Adam Woullard said collectors “always” wear USADA-branded gear and identify themselves. He said that while he’s sympathetic to Ige’s recent situation, the agency is “very proud of the way DCOs conduct themselves in the field” and didn’t see a need to make any major changes in policy.

“This story is a good reminder across the board of the rights of the athletes and for our DCOs to make sure they’re conducting themselves professionally,” he said. “But I don’t have any concerns that they’re not. I think this was an anomaly, and I feel really bad for the fighter involved. But in terms of the way we operate overall, I think we feel really good about the way we deal with athletes.”

With some time to reflect, Ige had calmed down about the situation. He also got to the bottom of the situation. He said according to his neighbor, the woman who took his blood was a new employee of the testing company Lab Express. She was there for an elderly gentleman in the building, he said.

“Someone made an honest mistake,” Ige said. “I don’t think there’s anyone out there trying to hurt me, which is relieving.”

At the time of the incident, Ige wasn’t so sure. He previously told MMA Junkie the woman woke him up and announced she was at his house to take blood. He assumed she worked for USADA. But when she called him the wrong name after taking several vials of blood, he soon discovered she was at the wrong house.

Ige said it’s not uncommon for the sequence of sample collecting – and people involved – to vary. Sometimes, if he’s giving urine, he’ll give it before or after filling out paperwork depending on whether or not he needs to urinate. He said that the person collecting his urine is almost always the same, but when he gives blood, it’s almost always a different person. That’s part of the reason why he didn’t think twice to let the woman in.

“Everyone’s so quick to jump to conclusions and say how much of an idiot I am when I’m used to that routine,” Ige said. “Of course, I’m not going to do that again. It just so happened to happen to me. Someone made a mistake, and I made a mistake. It is what it is.”

Woullard said athletes are educated on what to expect during the drug testing process. He said there’s rarely any surprise when collectors approach UFC fighters at events. First and foremost, USADA is there to protect the rights of athletes while carrying out their mission to keep the sport clean.

Ige, though, just thinks it’s time for everyone to show a little ID up front.

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