Yesterday in his California State Athletic Commission disciplinary hearing, former UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones had his license to fight revoked and was fined $205,000.00, for his recently failed drug test for steroids.
Prior to this event, the Jones camp was optimistic that their fighter would return to action this year, and regain his championship status.
After what is being called a disaster of a defense, that saw the fight camp’s expert witness admit to being paid nearly $400.00 per hour to be there, and cite a forum post from bodybuilding.com as his basis for Jon’s argument, the state would find Jones guilty of using performance enhancing drugs.
Jones will now face the people at USADA to see just how much trouble he is in.
USADA is expected to decide on the final punishment of Jon Jones sometime within the next 60 days. Under their guidelines, Jon Jones faces up to a six year ban from the sport.
UFC commentator Joe Rogan is a Jon Jones believer, and has taken to his Instagram with his reaction to Tuesday’s verdict.
Check it out:
I completely agree with this post. Really well put. I’ve seen a lot of really talented fighters in my years of calling fights, and Jon stands out as something special even in a group of the greats. As @davidgoggins so perfectly put it, he is “uncommon amongst uncommon people.”
I really hope he gets through this latest setback and returns with a vengeance.
