No, this isn’t a Throwback Tuesday post or something like that – Jon Jones has done it again. As first reported by TMZ Sports, and later confirmed by the UFC, Jones has failed another USADA test, and TMZ reports he’s been stripped of his UFC Light Heavyweight Title and it’s been given back to Daniel Cormier (the UFC hasn’t mentioned anything about the title being stripped, and Dana White says it hasn’t been decided yet).
The official statement for the UFC:
The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Jon Jones of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an in-competition sample collected following his weigh-in on July 28, 2017.
USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case involving Jones, as it relates to the UFC Anti-Doping Policy and future UFC participation. Under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, there is a full and fair legal process that is afforded to all athletes before any sanctions are imposed. The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) also retains jurisdiction over this matter as the sample collection was performed the day before Jones’ bout at UFC 214 in Anaheim, CA, and USADA will work to ensure that the CSAC has the necessary information to determine its proper judgment of Jones’ potential anti-doping violation.
Additional information will be provided at the appropriate time as the process moves forward.
TMZ stated that it was the steroid turinabol that he got popped for this time, which carries a two year suspension (administered by the USADA) for first time offenders. However, Jones just got off of a one year suspension for popping for clomiphene and letrozol, so he could be up for a four year suspension.
Jones headkicked and punched Cormier into oblivion last month at UFC 214, in the process winning the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
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