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What followed was the toughest 25 minutes of Jon Jones' professional career. Now, with these hurdles all but fully negotiated, all of his bans served and his status as an active fighter on the UFC roster restored, Jones will face a completely different test of his character on Saturday night.įive years ago, Alexander Gustafsson was considered by most as just the 'next guy in line' to challenge Jones for his light heavyweight title.
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Some people will just hate you forever, and for those types of people, you just feel sorry for them. Throughout all of his run-ins with the anti-doping authorities Jones' has strenuously protested his innocence, saying that his reputation as a 'cheater' is undeserved.įrom “I know I’ll never quite get a fresh, clean start. This despite Jones have tested positive for three different banned substances (not including a positive test for cocaine) since 2016. Therefore, the unusual decision was made by UFC officials to move to fight on short notice from Las Vegas to Inglewood, California about four hours' drive down the road after drug-testing experts explained that the spike in Jones' test sample wasn't a new ingestion but rather a 'pulse' effect from a previous ingestion which, at the time, was explained by Jones as having come from a contaminated supplement. Also on rt.com ‘Transfer my court to Russia’: Khabib trolls UFC over Jon Jones’ case It was announced in recent days that a trace amount of the anabolic steroid turinabol had been discovered in Jones' system after he provided a sample in early December, which led to the Nevada State Athletic Commission determining that they couldn't allow the Gustafsson fight to take place within their jurisdiction. With the suspensions that followed all now served, it was announced that Jones would rematch Alexander Gustafsson for the (soon to be) vacant light heavyweight title in a do-over of their instant classic, razor's-edge fistfight of 2013.īut this wouldn't be a Jon Jones fight without something going off the rails. READ MORE: Jon 'Bones' Jones: Recapping the UFC 232 star's most controversial moments Several irregularities have been noted in Jones' United States Anti-Doping Agency (UASDA) tests which would once again force him to hand over the light heavyweight title, this time after knocking out rival Daniel Cormier at UFC 200 in the summer of 2016. Further controversies would follow: the Daniel Cormier media day brawl, the hit-and-run of a pregnant woman's car which would force the UFC to strip him of his title.
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Also on rt.com UFC 232 switched from Las Vegas to Los Angeles after Jon Jones submits abnormal drug test Jones, arguably the most naturally talented fighter in mixed martial arts history, has been practically invincible inside the UFC's Octagon but very, very fallible outside of it and his woes began not long after his coronation as the greatest light heavyweight in the world when, a year or so after defeating Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua for the UFC's 205lb title, Jones wrapped his Bentley – a gift from the UFC – around a pole. It says something about Jon Jones' dominance throughout his UFC run that the only fighter who has been able to seize a championship belt from his waist has been himself. Jon Jones' UFC return has been mired in controversy even before a punch has been thrown but, on Saturday, the greatest light heavyweight of all time intends to remind us why no man has ever been able to defeat him inside a cage.