Frate Trane derailed, Cristiane Cyborg Santos has tested positive for banned substances

I can’t believe this. All we wanted in our lives was a Frate Trane the likes of which we have never seen, dominating ladies across the globe while we secretly hoped for a Cyborg Vs. Male fighter X bout to happen. Now all of that is out the window. Guys, Cristiane Cyborg Santos has tested positive for banned substances. This news comes straight from a press release from the California State Athletic commission, bumming out everyone in the process. Her fight against Yamanaka is now a no contest and pending an appeal we have to go through the nasty process of removing her from the Frate Trane list. Here is the whole sordid communication from the CSAC:

The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) has suspended the license of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Cristiane Justino Santos, better known in MMA circles as Cris Cyborg, and has fined her $2,500 as the result of a positive test for a banned substance.

Santos’ December 16, 2011 drug test came back positive for stanozolol metabolites. CSAC learned of the test results December 23, 2011 and suspended Santos’s license, with the suspension applied retroactively to December 16, 2011. In accordance with Rule  368, the result of her last fight between Hiroko Yamanaka will be changed to a “No Decision”.

“Our primary concern is for the health and safety of fighters,” said CSAC Executive Officer George Dodd.  “Anabolic agents and other banned substances put not only the users of those agents at risk, but their opponents as well. The commission simply will not tolerate their use.”

The use of certain substances, including anabolic steroids, is prohibited under the Commission’s regulations, and CSAC has among the toughest drug testing standards of any Athletic Commission in the country. It is the only commission that requires urine samples to be taken in the presence of a commission representative prior to a bout.

Santos’s provision of a urine sample was observed by a CSAC representative and the sample was sent to the World Anti-doping Agency test facility at the University of California, Los Angeles. Santos has the right to appeal the suspension of her license.

Update: Here’s what Dana White said tonight in an interview with ESPN Radio (via USATMMA)

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Published on January 6, 2012 at 11:47 pm
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