Rush17 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 http://www.tsn.ca/jones-denies-knowledge-of-using-illegal-substance-1.522702 After being pulled from UFC 200 for a potential doping violation on Wednesday night, UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones denied taking any illegal substances at a news conference Thursday. “Supposedly they found something in one of my samples that I don’t know what it is,” Jones said. “ don’t even know how to pronounce it.” Out-of-competition tests are performed by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), which handles the administration of all UFC drug tests as well as management of the results and adjudication. The USADA database shows that Jones has been tested six times in 2016. Jones apologized to the fans, the UFC, and his opponent up until yesterday Daniel Cormier. “I want to apologize to all the fans who came out to support me for UFC 200, the UFC, the Fertittas,” he said. “I want to apologize to Daniel Cormier. I know this fight means a lot to him. It means a lot to me.” The three-round heavyweight bout between Brock Lesnar and Mark Hunt will now be the main event, but the damage done to the once infallible light heavyweight champ may be irreparable. Jones tested positive for cocaine use in another out-of-competition test in December 2014 during the lead up to his first bout with Cormier at UFC 182 in January 2015. The results were released after Jones won by unanimous decision and he was later fined $25,000 for violation the UFC’s fighter code of conduct. Several months later Jones was involved in a hit-and-run accident that saw him suspended indefinitely by the UFC and forced to vacate his light heavyweight title. He was sentenced to 18 months probation and was instructed to make 72 appearances talking to children about his actions and doing charity work. He was reinstated by the UFC in October 2015 and returned to the octagon with a unanimous decision victory over Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 197 this past April - a bout originally meant for Daniel Cormier, who was forced to withdraw due to a foot injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted July 7, 2016 Author Share Posted July 7, 2016 Suppper disappointed. This was going to be the first ufc I ordered in 2 years. With Jones off the card I'm not even sure if its worth spending the $60 on. Apparently Lesnar vs Hunt will now be the main event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I'd spend money on PPV Canucks prospect camp before I pay to watch MMA on PPV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted July 7, 2016 Author Share Posted July 7, 2016 10 minutes ago, Fanuck said: I'd spend money on PPV Canucks prospect camp before I pay to watch MMA on PPV. Lol that would be enjoyable to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stelar Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 lol, Jones gets popped for PED's but Brock is OK to fight.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 So now the only main event is 3 rounds... the Tate title fight will be five, but wow, that takes a lot of pop out of the card. Still not confirmed that there will be no replacement fighter though... but even if there was a replacement for Jones, I probably wouldn't care about the fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 What's that? An MMA fighter on PED's? You don't say.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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canucks3322 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Still a solid card kinda wished Lesnar vs Hunt would be 5 rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Kerr Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Are you guys kidding me!? Have you actually looked at the fight card? Literally every fight is good, from the fight card/prelims to the main card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpt Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Been news for a bit, guy is a disaster, he wins the title and his life starts to crumble. Sad to see more and more guys cheat to gain an advantage, or in some cases get into coccaine and other banned substances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peaches5 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 58 minutes ago, mpt said: Been news for a bit, guy is a disaster, he wins the title and his life starts to crumble. Sad to see more and more guys cheat to gain an advantage, or in some cases get into coccaine and other banned substances Cocaine is literally out of your system in 3 days. For him to test positive for cocaine is absolutely pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthMelvin Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 1 hour ago, peaches5 said: Cocaine is literally out of your system in 3 days. For him to test positive for cocaine is absolutely pathetic. Google my friend hooked me up with this: Cocaine is extensively metabolized to a variety of compounds which are centrally inactive. Most of it metabolizes within 4 hours. But cocaine is still detectable on most drug tests up to a week later and can be “visible” for up to three months in other specific kinds of testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peaches5 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Just now, fwybwed said: Google my friend hooked me up with this: Cocaine is extensively metabolized to a variety of compounds which are centrally inactive. Most of it metabolizes within 4 hours. But cocaine is still detectable on most drug tests up to a week later and can be “visible” for up to three months in other specific kinds of testing. You would have to do copious amounts of cocaine for it to stay in your system that long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthMelvin Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 1 hour ago, peaches5 said: You would have to do copious amounts of cocaine for it to stay in your system that long. Cocaine and its breakdown products may be detected after last use of the drug in 1 of 5 different ways – each of which has varying detection duration times: Urine = 2-3 days (or 2 weeks, for chronic cocaine users).3 Blood = 12-48 hours.4 Saliva = 12-48 hours.5 Sweat = several weeks.6 Hair = a few months to years.7 What does it matter on amount used??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks3322 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 2 hours ago, Joe_Kerr said: Are you guys kidding me!? Have you actually looked at the fight card? Literally every fight is good, from the fight card/prelims to the main card. This card literally from fight pass to main event is on another level, you could easily put the prelims on the main card for any other ppv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neversummer Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Gustafsson ready to step up ... Dana, make it happen. That would be one sick match up with Cormier .. probably just as entertaining. Video of Jon Jones press conference apology http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:16859636 Long version, 20 mins at TSN http://www.tsn.ca/ufc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 5 hours ago, Rush17 said: Suppper disappointed. This was going to be the first ufc I ordered in 2 years. With Jones off the card I'm not even sure if its worth spending the $60 on. Apparently Lesnar vs Hunt will now be the main event. This card is still stacked... Problem is half the fights are free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRypien37 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 So for those who are bringing up Cocaine, the results of the test hasn't even been revealed. Stop speculating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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