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The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) Executive Director Andy Foster doesn’t agree with the way the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has handled the Jon Jones case. Jones was popped for turinabol in an in-competition UFC 214 drug test. I…
The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) Executive Director Andy Foster doesn’t agree with the way the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has handled the Jon Jones case. Jones was popped for turinabol in an in-competition UFC 214 drug test. It was Jones’ second failed drug test for performance enhancing drugs under the USADA era. Jones had […]
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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has cleared the last hurdle ahead of his return after getting back his license in the state of California following a positive drug test in 2017. Jones had previously had his license revoked by the state …
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has cleared the last hurdle ahead of his return after getting back his license in the state of California following a positive drug test in 2017. Jones had previously had his license revoked by the state after USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) revealed that he had tested positive […]
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Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz III is happening. The bout is being put on by Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions. The Forum in Inglewood, California plays host to the card this November. Mixed martial arts (MMA) fans are astonished that the fight …
Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz III is happening. The bout is being put on by Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions. The Forum in Inglewood, California plays host to the card this November. Mixed martial arts (MMA) fans are astonished that the fight is being allowed to happen in the first place. Liddell will […]
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It looks like Chuck Liddell may not have an issue being cleared in his home state. Liddell has made it clear that he is returning to active mixed martial arts competition. “The Iceman” recently revealed he’s in talks with Oscar De La …
It looks like Chuck Liddell may not have an issue being cleared in his home state. Liddell has made it clear that he is returning to active mixed martial arts competition. “The Iceman” recently revealed he’s in talks with Oscar De La Hoya to fight Tito Ortiz under Golden Boy MMA in November. The bout […]
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Earlier today, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones appeared before the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) to find out potential sanctions for his UFC 214 failed drug test for anabolic steroid Turinabol. There, commissioners fined Jones $205,000 and revoked his license, saying he could reapply for the license later this year pending a […]
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Earlier today, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones appeared before the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) to find out potential sanctions for his UFC 214 failed drug test for anabolic steroid Turinabol.
There, commissioners fined Jones $205,000 and revoked his license, saying he could reapply for the license later this year pending a suspension from USADA, before whom Jones will appear next.
But the hearing for punishment, which was essentially handed over to USADA for presumably its full weight and consequences, wasn’t exactly a glaring moment for Jones and his team despite the appearance of him being potentially able to reapply for a license to fight in California later this year. “Bones’” defense presented an anti-doping expert who claimed there was a distinct chance he had tested positive for Turinabol due to the quickly tiring tainted supplement defense but revealed it was not found in all of Jones’ tested supplements and provided no evidence otherwise.
Facing his second USADA violation in as many years, Jones also said he didn’t know how he could prevent something like this from happening because he didn’t knowingly do anything wrong to begin with, and was then grilled at length by the commissioners with much of the focus on his incredibly sordid past of drug-related issues. Jones seemed to think that a defense of him swearing he didn’t do it was enough, but that most likely won’t be the case, and overall, it seems like he did himself no favors with what appeared to be a less-than-intelligent defense.
But “Bones” isn’t holding any grudges against the CSAC – or at least he’s making it appear that way.
Shortly after the hearing’s conclusion, he issued a short Tweet thanking the commission and especially executive officer Andy Foster, who said he believes Jones didn’t knowingly take steroids:
I want to thank csac for taking the time and hearing my case, and executive officer Andy Foster for saying he believes me.
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) February 27, 2018
Thank yous are a nice touch; however, Jones is now facing a potentially much stiffer punishment than the fine and license revocation he got today.
The troubled UFC legend could face a suspension of up to four years after he already served a one-year suspension for failing in the days before 2016’s UFC 200.
He also (extremely foolishly) admitted that he did not read or watch the USADA tutorials provided to UFC fighters and instead had his management team sign his name on the paperwork insisting he did.
It’s hard to imagine a situation where USADA takes it easy on a fighter who admitted such a blatant violation of their rules, and he was probably already going to be suspended anyway.
For how long remains to be seen.
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The consequences of former UFC champion Jon Jones’ latest USADA drug test failure will not be known until at least next year. After Jones tested positive for banned anabolic steroid Turinabol during his third-round knockout win over archrival Daniel Cormier at July 29’s UFC 214, he was set to have his first hearing in front […]
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The consequences of former UFC champion Jon Jones’ latest USADA drug test failure will not be known until at least next year.
After Jones tested positive for banned anabolic steroid Turinabol during his third-round knockout win over archrival Daniel Cormier at July 29’s UFC 214, he was set to have his first hearing in front of the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) on December 12, but CSAC executive officer Andy Foster informed MMA Fighting today that Jones was granted a continuance and will have his first hearing in February.
The current failure could see the talented but oft-troubled “Bones” banned for up to four years, which would obviously put his otherwise illustrious mixed martial arts career in jeopardy. Jones will appear before the CSAC, who changed his win over Cormier in Anaheim to a no contest, and he will also have to answer to USADA for a second time.
Cormier, meanwhile, was given the title back.
He was infamously removed from his scheduled main event rematch with Cormier at July 2016’s UFC 200 after testing positive for clomiphene and Letrozol, which he said he unknowingly ingested in sexual performance enhancement pills, which he jokingly came to refer to as “dick pills.” But the scene is no laughing matter for a fighter whose career, which was at one time most certainly headed for the deserving moniker of the greatest of all-time, is quickly devolving into a saddening downward spiral with no end in sight.
While USADA acknowledged that Jones was not necessarily a drug cheat during his first hearing surrounding UFC 200, they also suspended him one year for what they deemed gross neglicence on he and his team’s part.
His team is currently once again claiming Jones did not knowingly take any anabolic steroids before UFC 214, and are having his supplements tested for any evidence of tainting. With Jone seemingly unable to make it to the Octagon without some sort of drug-related controversy, however, that defense will most likely get tougher and tougher to put over on the CSAC and USADA.
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