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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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California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) executive officer Andy Foster has responded to criticisms following Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz 3. Liddell and Ortiz went one-on-one for a third time this past Saturday night (Nov. 24). It didn’t take …
California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) executive officer Andy Foster has responded to criticisms following Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz 3. Liddell and Ortiz went one-on-one for a third time this past Saturday night (Nov. 24). It didn’t take long to see that Liddell was significantly slower than even his previous outing back in June 2010. […]
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If Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz want to make it to their trilogy fight, they’ll have to be clean. The two MMA greats will undergo out-of-competition drug testing dictated by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) before their third fight in Inglewood, California. CSAC executive officer Andy Foster told MMA Fighting this week that the […]
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If Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz want to make it to their trilogy fight, they’ll have to be clean.
The two MMA greats will undergo out-of-competition drug testing dictated by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) before their third fight in Inglewood, California. CSAC executive officer Andy Foster told MMA Fighting this week that the testing had already begun and will continue.
The samples will be subject to a full World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) panel. Foster reiterated the commission’s desire to make sure the bout was a clean one after Liddell has been out of action for eight years:
“Just like there should be drug testing for any high-profile fight, there will be for this one,” Foster said. “Chuck Liddell hasn’t fought in some time and hasn’t been part of any drug-testing program recently, as far as I know. We want to make sure the fans are getting a clean, fair contest.”
Liddell and Ortiz were also subjected to a concussion protocol baseline.
Ortiz has been out of action since January 2017 where he submitted Chael Sonnen in Bellator. The 43-year-old has recently embarked on a trash talk-spewing campaign. Liddell finished him twice in the UFC.
The 48-year-old Liddell, meanwhile, has been out of action since a brutal KO loss to Rich Franklin in 2010. He suffered a long and concerning string of KO losses to close out his otherwise illustrious career. He was the UFC’s most popular fighter at one point.
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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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