Cris Cyborg did not disclose before a December sample collection that she was taking a banned substance, but was still granted a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) by USADA.
One of the provisions in the UFC’s anti-doping policy is that athletes must not provide “fraudulent information to UFC or USADA,” which can extend to not disclosing the ingestion of a banned substance to a doping control official during a sample collection.
Cyborg did not disclose that she was taking a prohibited substance, but USADA’s TUE Committee felt like she met all the important criteria and ultimately decided to grant her an exemption last week.