UFC women’s flyweight Mara Romero Borella might be banned in Italy, but she’s free to fight in the UFC.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) today said it doesn’t recognize an unprecedented 26-year ban issued to Borella (11-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) this past month in connection with her arrest on charges of drug trafficking in her native country.

Because Borella’s alleged offenses involve street drugs that are not prohibited out-of-competition, she is not in violation of the UFC’s anti-doping program.

“Following our review, we have determined and then subsequently informed the UFC that Maria Borella is eligible to compete in UFC events because the violation that resulted in her ban by the Italian national anti-doping agency (NADO) is not a recognized offense under the UFC Anti-Doping Program,” USADA spokesperson Danielle Eurich wrote to MMAjunkie in a prepared statement. “She was sanctioned by the Italian NADO for her involvement in trafficking street drugs – marijuana and cocaine (prohibited in-competition only) – with no intent to enhance performance.

“The UFC ADP does not consider this a violation because the activity was unrelated to performance enhancement. As such, Ms. Borella remains eligible to compete in UFC events.”

Like USADA, Italy’s national anti-doping organization is a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code. But while acting as the administrator of the UFC’s anti-doping agency, USADA is not bound to recognize the decisions of other WADA signatories.

MMAjunkie was unable to reach Borella for comment, and her manager didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

According to a report this past month from MMAToday.com, Borella and her boyfriend were arrested in 2012 and charged with dealing cocaine and cannabis at a variety of locations around Piacenza, Italy.

In 2014, Borella was given a 15-year suspension by Italy’s anti-doping agency, well before her UFC career began. But this past month, she was given a second 15-year term for violating the agency’s rule against competing while suspended and using Italian facilities to train, according to the report.

Borella most recently appeared in the octagon in January at UFC on FOX 27, where she lost a unanimous decision to Katlyn Chookagian.

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