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Cynthia Calvillo Sounds Off About Failed Marijuana Test

UFC strawweight Cynthia Calvillo tested positive for marijuana following her fight at UFC 219, and the fallout has been confusing and disheartening, according to Calvillo herself. Calvillo holds a medical marijuana card in her home state of California, and competed at UFC 219, which was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, where medicinal marijuana is also […]

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UFC strawweight Cynthia Calvillo tested positive for marijuana following her fight at UFC 219, and the fallout has been confusing and disheartening, according to Calvillo herself.

Calvillo holds a medical marijuana card in her home state of California, and competed at UFC 219, which was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, where medicinal marijuana is also legal. However, USADA forbids it regardless of legality or medical permission, which has naturally caused some confusion for fighters like Calvillo.

She discussed the failed test on Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour and revealed that she has lost a sponsor due to the fallout:

“I really didn’t think I was doing anything wrong. I’m not trying to be a rebel, just, I don’t know. It just really, really sucks that I’m in this position right now.”

“They say you have to be literally pretty super, super high in order to test positive the day of the fight. There’s no way in hell I smoked or took any cannabis the week of my fight at all. Let alone the day of my fight.”

“They tell us, like, they’re comfortable about how much time you would need to be cleared for in-competition testing. The last time I had consumed cannabis was on Christmas Eve, which was the week of the fight. I usually use it for sleeping, I use it for inflammation, I have had my medical card for over two years. It’s something I’ve used especially because I had an injury where I broke arm my three times in a row, and so I use it for the medical component and cannabis, CBD does help heal your bones. I was also having trouble sleeping for a long time [and it’s] better than using over-the counter stuff.”

Many athletes have praised the use of cannabis and CBD oil for recovery after grueling trainings and workouts. Nate Diaz even boldly vaped CBD oil at a post-fight press conference, so it’s use is at least somewhat prevelant amongst MMA fighters.

Calvillo was retroactively suspended for nine months from the December 30 fight date and was fined 15 percent of her fight purse following her loss to Carla Esparza at UFC 219.

Do you think Calvillo’s punishment is too harsh considering she has a medicinal marijuana card in her home state?

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Cynthia Calvillo Gives Her Side of Controversial Marijuana Suspension

Cynthia Calvillo dropped a unanimous decision to Carla Esparza at UFC 219. The fight snapped Calvillo’s 3-fight winning streak to start her UFC career. Following the bout, Calvillo tested positive for marijuana metabolites. USADA initially suspended Calvillo 6-months, which would have made her eligible to return to the cage in June. A week later, however, […]

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Cynthia Calvillo Receives Nine-Month Suspension From NSAC

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) started it, now the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) has finished it in regards to Cynthia Calvillo’s suspension. Back in January, it was revealed that Calvillo had been flagged by USADA for a metabolite of marijuana. The positive test stemmed from an in-competition sample collected following her Dec. 30 loss to […]

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Why Are We Still Testing For Weed In MMA?

Another fighter has tested positive for marijuana metabolites, and has been suspended six months by USADA for the infraction. This time it’s Cynthia Calvillo, the UFC women’s strawweight fighter who tested positive for THC in an in-competition drug test administered by USADA for her bout at UFC 219. Calvillo — who was above USADA’s decision […]

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Cynthia Calvillo Takes Light USADA Sanction For Six Months

Cynthia Calvillo won’t be out of action for long. Calvillo last competed back in December at UFC 219 against Carla Esparza. She lost the fight via unanimous decision. After the bout, Calvillo was flagged for marijuana use. Many wondered what the …

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Cynthia Calvillo Flagged For Potential USADA Violation

Another fighter has been flagged for a potential USADA violation, and that competitor is Cynthia Calvillo. She is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Carla Esparza at UFC 219, which took place three weeks ago. This marked her first career loss as she is now 6-1. Although losses are always hard to deal with, […]

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Another fighter has been flagged for a potential USADA violation, and that competitor is Cynthia Calvillo.

She is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Carla Esparza at UFC 219, which took place three weeks ago.

This marked her first career loss as she is now 6-1. Although losses are always hard to deal with, this is going to leave an impact on her career.

The promotion announced the violation on late Wednesday night. It was noted in the UFC’s statement that she failed a USADA drug test for Carboxy-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

For those who are wondering, the positive test is from an in-competition sample collected in relation to her bout at UFC 219, which went down back on December 30th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Carboxy-THC is an “a metabolite of marijuana and/or hashish.”

Now, Calvillo will go through the normal process with USADA and is expected to have a hearing with the Nevada Athletic Commission in order to fight out what her punishment will be.

The most recent fighter to fail a drug test for marijuana was middleweight contender Kelvin Gastelum, who was flagged by USADA in April of 2017 that ultimately cost him a win over Vitor Belfort being overturned to a no contest.

It also pulled him from a scheduled fight against former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva at UFC 212.

The UFC issued the following statement:

The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) informed Cynthia Calvillo of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation involving Carboxy-Tetrahydrocannabinol (“Carboxy-THC”) which is a metabolite of marijuana and/or hashish, above the decision limit of 180 ng/mL, stemming from an in-competition sample collected in conjunction with her recent bout in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 30, 2017, UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm.

USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case involving Calvillo, as it relates to the UFC Anti-Doping Policy and future UFC participation. Because the Nevada Athletic Commission was the regulatory body overseeing the fight in Las Vegas and has licensing jurisdiction over Calvillo, USADA will work to ensure that the Nevada Athletic Commission has the necessary information to determine its proper judgment of Calvillo’s potential anti-doping violation. Additional information will be provided at the appropriate time as the process moves forward.

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