Jon Jones Agrees To One Year Suspension With NSAC

Former UFC light heavyweight champion and former pound-for-pound king Jon “Bones” Jones was recently suspended one year by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) after testing positive for multiple banned substances surrounding his scheduled UFC 200 (July 9, 2016) rematch with reigning titleholder Daniel Cormier.

Jones was still awaiting his punishment from the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC), but that wait is now over. According to a report from MMAFighting.com, the NSAC has followed USADA’s lead and handed “Bones” a one year suspension retroactive to July 6, 2016, the date that his test results came back.

Jones tested positive for an anti-estrogenic agent as well as an aromatase inhibitor, which led the UFC to pull him from UFC 200 just days prior. When he met with USADA, “Bones” blamed the failed test on a contaminated sex pill, which USADA confirmed was indeed tainted.

The former champion will be eligible to compete again this coming July.