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18th February 2017
01:49pm GMT

However, the official USADA website have confirmed that she is clear to fight immediately after being granted a retroactive Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for Spironolactone, the banned substance she popped for.
https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/812240263473201152Cyborg appealed the positive test result by explaining her doctor prescribed the drug to treat an endocrine condition. Following a series of interviews and investigations, USADA granted her a retroactive exemption for the substance.
Since the failed drug test, the UFC introduced a women's featherweight division, the weight class Cyborg was champion of in Invicta and Strikeforce. Germaine de Randamie won the inaugural championship after beating Holly Holm to a highly controversial decision at UFC 208. However, with de Randamie likely to sit on the sidelines for an extended period to have surgery on her hand, and a rematch against 'The Preacher's Daughter' a possibility for her first defence, Cyborg is looking elsewhere for her UFC featherweight debut. She called out Invicta champion Megan Anderson for an interim title fight. https://twitter.com/criscyborg/status/832718050575032321 The Aussie powerhouse has been reluctant to agree to a bout against Cyborg due to the fact that she wasn't clear to fight. With the situation changed, perhaps the two could be duking it out inside the Octagon soon. https://twitter.com/MeganA_mma/status/830883413376770048“In the case of Justino, the application for a TUE was granted because the athlete had an unequivocally diagnosed chronic medical condition for which the use of Spironolactone is the appropriate standard of care. Further, it was determined that the athlete and her medical team pursued and exhausted all non-prohibited alternatives and that the low dose of the medication is consistent with best medical practice to treat her condition and would return the athlete to a normal state of health without providing a performance-enhancing benefit.”
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