Bones Jones receives 1 year suspension

Jones tested positive for two banned substances, clomiphene and Letrozol, in an out-of-competition drug test prior to UFC 200 in July. He was pulled from his title fight against Daniel Cormier just three days before the card in Las Vegas.

The arbitrators from McLaren Global Sports Solutions ruled that Jones might not have knowingly ingested the two substances, but in taking a sexual-performance pill he was "reckless" despite knowledge of the UFC anti-doping policy and should have a high level of fault.


The UFC released a statement ...


UFC is aware of the one-year sanction levied against Jon Jones as a result of his UFC Anti-Doping Policy violation, decided by a three-person arbitration panel held on Monday, October 31, 2016. UFC has been advised that the one-year suspension commenced on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. While the decision indicates no evidence of Jones' intentional use of banned substances, it does highlight the care and diligence that is required by athletes competing in the UFC to ensure that no prohibited substances enter their system.



One year was the maximum Jones faced from USADA because of the nature of the substance. He is still facing a suspension and fine from the Nevada Athletic Commission.



The suspension in the USADA case is retroactive to July 6, 2016, so Jones will be eligible to fight again in the UFC on July 7, 2017.

The most over rated clown who would never be able to compete in his own HW division...Gus beat him and Gus is/was nothing. He was his size, Jon is afraid and Dana knows it and that is why he stays where he is at. Be a man and go to your own division...

During a recent appearance on ESPN’s 5ive Rounds podcast, UFC president Dana White says Jones has been stripped of the belt again.

“It doesn’t make sense,” said White, “He was the interim champion because he should have been fighting for the title [in April]. We gave him this, ‘You were supposed to fight for the title. Here it is.’



“It doesn’t make sense with all the stuff that is going on for him to still be the interim champion.”