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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Cris "Cyborg" Santos' failed steroid test out of her December bout with Hiroko Yamanaka has cast a shadow over her entire career. Fair or not - and despite her explanations for the failed test - her dominating run through the women's 145 lb. division is now tainted. In an interview with MMAMania.com, Cyborg's most famous former opponent, Gina Carano, commented on the failed test:
"I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't hurt by the whole thing. That fight with her was definitely the biggest moment of my mixed martial arts (MMA) career and at that time I had people around me telling me she was on steroids and everything. But, if there was a chance that she wasn't, I never wanted to take anything away from her [win]. She is a wonderful athlete, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't sting a little. In fact, I could have gone the rest of my life without hearing that. But, at the same time, she's a human being and a phenomenal athlete, so maybe someone around her was telling her she needed to do that when she really didn't. Maybe it was someone around her telling her the wrong things, I don't know. I kind of feel bad for her. Like I said, I could have definitely gone without hearing that because it makes me think well, you know, she just got caught with it this time, but what about all the other times? It's a bummer. I do feel bad to even have to say that, but I have to be honest: It really stung. It was the biggest moment in my life at the time. Then again, everything happens for a reason. After that I got to go through this beautiful experience making 'Haywire,' but even still, it stings."
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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