MMA Fighting · Nov 7, 2016
UFC releases statement on Jon Jones’ one-year suspension
Jon Jones received a one-year suspension from an independent arbitration panel Monday in his USADA doping case.
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.