Last week, UFC executive Jeff Novtizky gave an interview with veteran announcer Bruce Buffer to give an update on Jon Jones’ failed drug test.
Some MMA media outlets misinterpreted his words and believed that Novitzky implied ‘Bones’ was likely innocent.
The UFC vice president of athlete health and performance cleared up the confusion in a statement to MMA Fighting, stating that the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and the UFC are still investigating the source of the drugs in Jones’ system.
“The headline and corresponding article took excerpts from an interview I did last week, where I was asked about the status of Jon Jones’ pending case,” Novitzky said, per Marc Raimondi.