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Jon Jones: The UFC knew Vitor Belfort was on steroids for UFC 152

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#1 ·
Jon Jones: The UFC knew Vitor Belfort was on steroids for UFC 152

In an exclusive interview with MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani, Jon Jones opened up the controversy surrounding UFC 152.

"Vitor Belfort was on steroids when I fought him," Jones said during a stroll through Albuquerque with Helwani (45:10 mins). The UFC was very well aware, way before the fight. They did nothing to penalize him. They let the fight go on knowing that I was fighting a guy on steroids, which is a hazard to my life. What do you do?"

In an investigative piece for Deadspin, Josh Gross uncovered documents detailing a "sketchy" drug test from Belfort before his fight with Jon Jones. While the UFC and Belfort offered minimal information about the situation, Jones had plenty to say about the controversy.

"At his age and where he's at in his career, I remember at the weigh ins I looked at his abs, and I'm like, dude I'm several years younger than you and you look way tighter than me. And I knew I trained pretty hard for that camp."

Jones also talked about how he plans to handle the situation with the UFC, as well as legal action against the Nevada Athletic Commission for testing him for cocaine back in 2014.

"I haven't brought it up to them yet, but the fans know. The power of the UFC and this Athletic Commission, eventually something needs to be done about it. To know that they put me in there with him, knowing that he was on something, it's really a slap to the face."

Jones and the UFC had a strained relationship after his refusal to fight Chael Sonnen on a week's notice, which resulted in the cancellation of UFC 151.

"I would like to be more of a company guy and do things right, but at the same time, I've been bent over quite a few times by them. It's just like...it's hard to see where I stand man. I just hope the fans are aware of some of the shenanigans they pull."

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/11/24/9790988/jon-jones-ufc-knew-vitor-belfort-was-on-steriods-for-ufc-152-mma
 
#7 ·
^He is allowed to fight because you're allowed to do whatever you want outside of competition as long as it isn't like crashing your car into another person's while high.

Jones got fined because he got caught the first time, but really there's nothing in the rule book to say he's not allowed to take coke out of competition.
 
#9 ·
I think he only tested positive once, and I think it was out of competition (training) so he got done for like the wellness policy or something but broke no actual rules. A lot of people compared it to the Nick Diaz situation but really, Jones didn't break the rules for his fight with Daniel Cormier (minus some routine eye poking) so everything was 100% going into the fight. I think you're asking if he tested clean after the original test, and I imagine they test most of the fighters these days around fight time so he'd have had to have tested clean I'd imagine.

I'm pretty sure Jones has never tested positive in competition (although didn't he crash the car very close to the Rumble fight? That could have been pretty close to being caught if he didn't crash it).
 
#17 ·
Even though Jones isn't the most sympathetic fighter for sure, regardless of who the "victim" is it's incredibly shady for any organization to put a fighter who passed a drug test with a fighter who failed it. What is the point of testing at all then? Imagine the s**tstorm that would've ensued if a fighter the org knew was on steroids knocked Jones block off or injured him badly. I think he did dislocate Jones arm in that fight too. But to me that's incredibly messed up and unprofessional. How is that ok? Regardless if it's happening to Jones or anybody else.
 
#18 ·
"hey let the fight go on knowing that I was fighting a guy on steroids, which is a hazard to my life. "

lol, no its not.


And secondly, if steroids are banned out-of-competition then so should coke as its a widely used weight cutting substance. I'd also rather fight someone who is juiced rather than someone is coked up....
 
#19 ·
Coke goes out of your system in 3 days...Probably quicker for these elite athletes. Weed can take as long as 45 days. I'm talking about for testing purposes, not the physical impact.

He should not do cocaine. It can f up one's life. I know more so than any book could tell you. Booze is right up there as well, but I've never seen weed do the same. I don't promote or smoke weed, I just think it is about the least worst drug
Heck, my life would probably be better if I did. Lol.
 
#23 ·
Of course the Athletic Commission knew, and UFC knew as well, this is the exact point aired over Reddit and now addressed by Jones.
The bigger, bigger picture is, why Jones refused to fight Sonnen for "short notice" and accepted to fight a Vitor he was sure was roided through the roof and now claims that could have him serously hurt???
 
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