MMA Fighting · Feb 17, 2017
Cris Cyborg granted retroactive TUE, cleared of potential anti-doping violation
A USADA committee has granted the UFC women’s star a retroactive therapeutic use exemption (TUE), it was announced by the UFC’s anti-doping partner Friday. Cyborg will be eligible to compete again immediately.
Cyborg, 31, tested positive for the banned diuretic spironolactone in December and was provisionally suspended by USADA on Dec. 22. If she did not receive the retroactive TUE, she would have been facing a one-year ban from the UFC. Cyborg said at the time that she was given the drug by her doctor to treat medical issues from a severe weight cut in September.