Days before the UFC 200 card, Jon Jones was pulled from the main event thanks to a reported drug test failure.
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The results are in, and Jones will be retroactively suspended for a year:
JON JONES ruling is in. Suspended one year by USADA, retroactive to 6/6. Contaminated sexual enhancement pill. NSAC hearing still to come.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) November 7, 2016
Apologies, typo in that one. Jones suspension retro-dated to 7/6, not 6/6. Ends on July 6, date he was pulled from UFC 200.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) November 7, 2016
In its findings, arbitrators wrote this mistake cost Jon Jones an "estimated $9 million." Also says based on evidence he's not a "cheat."
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) November 7, 2016
"Everything was going so smooth, so smooth, and nobody had gotten hurt," said UFC president Dana White in a press conference after Jones was pulled. "So this was a brutal phone call."
This is another black mark for Jones, who in the past few years has run into issues with a hit-and-run, multiple driving infractions including a DUI, and a failed drug test related to cocaine use. Jones is one of UFC's top fighters, but his biggest opponent recently in the octagon has been himself.
It’s been a rough year and a half for Jon "Bones" Jones. pic.twitter.com/913da4rJz3
— ESPN (@espn) July 7, 2016
Whether Jones can get his career back on track after this suspension remains to be seen.