The Brazilian junior gypsy is without an opponent for his first title defense. This is because the challenger alistair overeem He was caught in an anti-doping test when he had a high level of testosterone.
According to the executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission, Keith Kizer, the Dutchman was caught in the surprise test carried out last Thursday, after the press conference for UFC 146.
Overeem still has the right to retest, but if the positive result is confirmed, he will be suspended for at least six months. As a result, Alistair would be unable to fight to face Cigano, in the duel scheduled to take place on May 26th, in Las Vegas, in the United States.
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What a shame, now there won't be any heavyweight fighters who can even try to think about fighting our champion