Earlier this week, the UFC was notified of a potential anti-doping violation from Cris Cyborg stemming from a December 5th drug test. While Cyborg maintained her innocence in a lengthy Facebook post, saying:
“For my fans who are disappointed in the news, I am sorry.
You can feel confident that the substance they are inquiring about is not for performance enhancing use, and is needed for my specific treatments. (International Medical Codes CID E 87.6, CID 87.8, CID E 44.0, CID N 83.2, CID 115.9, CID Z73.3 CID E 06.3) Sept. 24. Feel confident that I am a clean athlete.”
the MMA community was quick to take to Twitter to weigh-in on the situation. A compilation of reactions are below!
*Leaves productive therapy session. Opens MMA twitter timeline. Bangs head against wall and schedules emergency follow up appointment*
— Julie Kedzie (@julesk_fighter) December 22, 2016
So Cyborg failed a drug test… I'm so surprise …. pic.twitter.com/xei8JUal0i
— patrick cote (@patrick_cote) December 22, 2016
People will still jump to conclusions here https://t.co/lAwU2tkcn0
— Mike Jackson, Esq. (@TheTruthJackson) December 22, 2016
SMH…. shoulda started a 125 division. 😒
— Lauren Murphy (@LaurenMurphyMMA) December 22, 2016
Cyborg was the only one having probs cutting to 135.. the rest have hard time getting to 115….need to be 125ers. https://t.co/McSHHvM6gi
— Lauren Murphy (@LaurenMurphyMMA) December 22, 2016
Cyborg lolllllllllllllll. OMG really . How greedy and silly can one be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) December 22, 2016
I don't care what y'all say. USADA is fighter of the year. Should be ranked top of MMA's p4p list they way they're taking out fighters
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) December 22, 2016
Cris Cyborg gets flagged by USADA for failing an out-of-competition test on December 5th. What a shocker 😒
— Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) December 22, 2016
Cyborg fails a drug test surprise surprise
— Chad Laprise (@ChadLaprise) December 22, 2016
Say it ain't so?! Fans can trust my violation is not PED but Medical need. I didn't fight feb 11 as I'm in recoveryhttps://t.co/GbxSIlVROo
— Cris Cyborg (@criscyborg) December 22, 2016