Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos The UFC’s 145-pound women’s division hasn’t even seen its first fight, but is already off to weird start. First, the unexpected title announcement : a UFC 208 affair between former bantamweight champion Holly Holm (10-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and Germaine de Randamie (7-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) – a perfectly nice matchup had it not been for the small detail that neither of them were longtime 145-pound Invicta FC champion and logical contender Cristiane Justino (17-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC). The plot thickened shortly after, when Justino – who had turned down different dates for 145-pound scraps citing health reasons stemming from her previous weight cut – was flagged by USADA for the use of Spironolactone .
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