Oh Bones… Jon Jones fails UFC 214 drug test

Jon Jones beat Daniel Cormier via third-round knockout at UFC 214. More
Jon Jones beat Daniel Cormier via third-round knockout at UFC 214. More
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23 August, 2017

Jones, whose achievements are matched only by his peerless capacity for managing to fuck everything up, tested positive for the anabolic steroid Turinabol.

This is just the latest turn in a long line of disappointments from Jones.

The alleged dirty sample marks the third drug-related offense for Jones, who popped positive for cocaine in an out-of-competition test prior to his first fight with Daniel Cormier and failed another out-of-competition test for steroids in the leadup to a scheduled UFC 200 rematch with Cormier. The report also states Jones has been stripped of his title and Cormier will be reinstated as champion - though UFC President Dana White told ESPN that decision has not yet been finalized. According to TMZ Sports, his most recent positive test could result in a ban up to four years.

Update: UFC has confirmed that Jones failed a USADA test.

The UFC has yet to confirm what Jones tested positive for, and has not commented on whether he will retain his title.

On a week where the eyes of the fight world are on the UFC lightweight champion making his debut in a boxing ring, a budding megastar with a troubled past has once again given the UFC a black eye.

Jones was supposed to be celebrating a redemption story with his UFC 214 win. Jones has been provisionally suspended by USADA pending an adjudication process that all fighters are afforded after a potential doping violation. Jones has not made any public statement regarding the news.

This is the second failed drug test of Jones's tumultuous career.

A shell-shocked White said: "He has not been stripped yet but he has got to go through the process".


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