Lyoto Machida is currently serving a lengthy USADA-imposed suspension, after admitting to having used 7-keto-DHEA. Because of this, 18 months of his career were taken away, much to his rightful disappointment.

“The Dragon” has upheld the reputation as a clean, non-PED-using fighter throughout his entire career. But he does have one unconventional method, in terms of nourishment: drinking his own urine. It is a tradition that was passed down to him by his father, and he has since been doing it every morning “like a natural medicine.”

Recently, Machida decided to spread the practice throughout his fellow fighters, and it was fellow former champion Fabricio Werdum who was introduced to what was branded as the “Drink of the Champions.”

By the looks of how it happened on the video, it seemed like Werdum already knew what he was getting into, but it nonetheless drew laughs and cringes from everyone around, including their trainer and mentor Rafael Cordeiro.

Werdum will be facing Alistair Overeem for the third time this weekend at UFC 213, and it would be interesting to see if he would be incorporating this into his training from now on.