Former UFC title challenger Taila Santos has been slapped with a six-month suspension.
After a comparatively profitable run contained in the Octagon that noticed her take Valentina Shevchenko to the restrict, narrowly surrendering a break up determination to the reigning flyweight queen, Santos made the transfer to PFL.
Final 12 months, she fought her manner by the promotion’s 125-pound event, beating Ilara Joanne, Jena Bishop, and Liz Carmouche earlier than getting starched by eventual tourney winner Dakota Ditcheva within the finals.
Santos was anticipated to be a part of this 12 months’s PFL flyweight world event, however that’s not the case, in response to the US Anti-Doping Company.
“Santos examined optimistic for oxandrolone and its metabolites and examined optimistic for clenbuterol as the results of an out-of-competition pattern collected on March 21, 2025,” USADA wrote on its web site. “The interval of ineligibility for the usage of a prohibited substance is six months. Santos’ six-month interval of ineligibility started on March 21, 2025, the date her optimistic pattern was collected. Because of her optimistic check, Santos was additionally faraway from the cardboard for the PFL World Event occasion on April 11, 2025.”
Oxandrolone and clenbuterol are listed within the class of anabolic brokers.
The ex-UFC star will likely be eligible to compete once more in 2025
Earlier than arising quick towards Shevchenko, Santos earned noteworthy wins over Molly McCann, Gillian Robertson, Roxanne Modafferi, and Joanne Wooden. Total, the Brazilian is 22-4 in her blended martial arts profession
Santos will likely be eligible to compete once more on September 21, 2025.
