The UFC flyweight and former Invicta FC champion has accepted a six-month suspension from USADA after testing positive for a variety of banned substances in an out-of-competition test conducted on Aug. 16, 2018, the UFC’s anti-doping partner announced Tuesday. Maia tested positive for “furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide, chlorothiazide, and the thiazide metabolite 4-amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide (ACB),” all of which fall in the class of diuretics and masking agents.
In a statement, USADA said an internal investigation determined that a tainted supplement was the root of Maia’s failed test.
“During an investigation into the circumstances of her case, opened and sealed containers of a dietary supplement she was using at the time of the August 16, 2018 sample collection, and that she declared on her doping control form, were sent to the WADA-accredited laboratory in Brazil for analysis,” USADA’s statement read.