C. Cyborg is training in Thailand (Photo: Reproduction Youtube UFC)
USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) collectors were involved in a big mess this weekend in Thailand when they tried to carry out anti-doping tests on Chris Cyborg. According to information from Boyd Clarke, leader of Phuket Top Team, the team in which the Brazilian is training, the reason would be irregularities in the professionals' documents, false testimonies and attempted bribery of local police officers.
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However, according to the first reports of the case, given by journalist Iain Kidd, from the American website 'Bloody Elbow', the confusion would have happened after 'someone' called the police to prevent the collectors from carrying out an anti-doping test on Cyborg. Through social media, the fighter defended herself and stated that she had no connection with the controversial arrest, stating that she had given in to the requested urine test.
“I gave my sample without hesitation. I have not failed to provide my location in the last 12 months and I wanted to maintain that despite the incident,” wrote the UFC featherweight champion, who added that the agency members “were not Thai and that there were other differences with the way the samples were taken. were collected, which was not the normal procedure.” She also assured that it was the hotel owners who called the police.
Through a long statement on the specialized MMA forum “The Underground”, Clarke explained that it all started when employees at the hotel where Cyborg was staying became suspicious of a couple who did not identify themselves and acted “in a strange way”, to the point There was a knock on the fighter's bedroom door at 6am local time. According to the team leader, in Thailand only police officers can go to homes and demand samples for anti-doping tests. When they discovered that the people who approached Cyborg did not have valid documents or work visas in the country, the pair were arrested. He even allegedly lied about the case and offered bribes to local police officers. USADA has not yet commented on what happened.
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