Jon Jones takes to Twitter to fight steroids accustations
Jon Jones blasted doubters and fellow fighters as news broke that supports his claim of unknowingly taking the substances that caused his failed test before UFC 200.
Jon Jones may be one of the best mixed martial artists in the history of the sport, but there is one place where his skills are often questioned: the world of social media. Jones was once known for and chastised for his frequent posting and deleting of social media posts on Twitter and Instagram.
On Monday news broke of a potential reduced punishment for Jones in reference to his failed test before UFC 200. Jones followed up with a rant across Twitter letting everyone know his feelings on the situation.
“That’s right light heavyweight division, this means I got in that [expletive] fair and square. I heard your interviews,” Jones said on Twitter. “Steroids didn’t give me the [belief] that I am the baddest [MF’er] on this planet.”
Jones was set to face Daniel Cormier at UFC 200 before he was flagged for a failed pre-fight test just days before the major event. Jones’s test result came back with traces of clomiphene and Letrozole; both banned substances. The former light heavyweight champion has maintained his innocence which was backed up by his legal counsel.
“We’ve been able to establish the source of the prohibited substances. It came from a product that Jon took that was not labelled with either of these substances. We had it tested, the product was contaminated with both of them,” said Howard Jacobs, Jones’s attorney, on The Luke Thomas Show, via MMAFighting. “I know USADA also independently had the product tested; their testing confirms what we found. We then sent essentially the same pills that we had had tested to be tested by USADA’s lab, which also found the same thing. So pretty much every time it’s been tested, it’s shown that the product is contaminated with both clomiphene and Letrozole.”
When a product is found with a banned substance, that usually strengthens a fighter’s story that they unknowing took an illegal product. USADA has yet to respond to the developments and confirm Jacobs’s story. Jones’s arbitrary hearing with the Nevada State Athletic Commission is set for November 10, which is when the potential punishment will be revealed.
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