The news of Cris Cyborg’s latest (potential) failed drug test traveled fast down the mixed martial arts (MMA) pipeline. And one of the first to be notified was Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White, who was in New York City to promote (coincidentally) the promotion’s first-ever women’s Featherweight title fight between Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie at UFC 208 on Feb. 11, 2017, in Brooklyn.
Cyborg was offered the title fight on three separate occasions, according to White, before the promotion turned to Holm vs. Randamie since it seemed neither timeframe worked for the current Invicta FC Featherweight champion.