{"id":492960,"date":"2026-02-20T18:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/492960\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T18:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:35:09","slug":"carol-foro-tests-positive-for-diuretic-ufc-seattle-debut-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/492960\/","title":{"rendered":"Carol Foro Tests Positive for Diuretic, UFC Seattle Debut Cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carol Foro<\/a> has announced she will no longer compete at UFC Fight Night Seattle on March 28 after testing positive for a banned substance in an out-of-competition drug test.<\/p>\n

Foro’s team released a statement on Instagram confirming the positive test, which revealed a type of diuretic in her system earlier this year. The Brazilian had been scheduled to make her UFC debut on the card headlined by Israel Adesanya vs. Joe Pyfer<\/a> at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington.<\/p>\n

Foro’s Team Denies Intentional Use<\/p>\n

In their statement, Foro’s camp maintained that she did not take the substance “consciously or intentionally” and raised the possibility that it may have entered her system through a contaminated supplement. Testing is reportedly underway to support their case as they work to clear her name.<\/p>\n

Her planned opponent, Stephanie Luciano, has since been rematched. Per reporter Leo Walker Guimaraes, Luciano is now set to face Alexia Thainara on March 28.<\/p>\n

Foro Earned UFC Contract on Contender Series<\/p>\n

Foro’s cancelled debut is a significant setback following the impression she made last September. The Brazilian earned her UFC contract via Episode 5 of Dana White’s Contender Series Season 9<\/a>, where both she and opponent Shanelle Dyer (who lost her undefeated record in the contest) were awarded contracts after a standout performance.<\/p>\n

Thainara, who steps in as Foro’s replacement, has also been highlighted as a fighter to watch, making her a strong substitute for the card. Foro’s team will now focus on resolving the anti-doping matter before her UFC career can get underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carol Foro has announced she will no longer compete at UFC Fight Night Seattle on March 28 after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,248811,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-492960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-carol-foro","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}