Jon Jones Pre-Fight Drug Test Results To Be Released Before UFC 235
Jon Jones’ pre-fight drug test results won’t be made available for the public to see until right before fight night. The UFC light heavyweight champion is slated to make his next title defense against Anthony Smith in the headliner of this weekend’s (Saturday, March 2) UFC 235 event.
With every Jones fight, there is always a possibility of drama during fight week, and this show will be no different. Due to his history, fans won’t feel completely relaxed that his fight will take place as scheduled until he steps foot inside of the Octagon.
Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) chairman Anthony A. Marnell III confirmed on Monday that there’s a reason his drug test results haven’t been released. This is where he made it known that Jones’ test results are being collected and will be released in whole until later this week.
“We will be releasing the Jon Jones tests, but we will not do that until sometime very, very close to the night of the fight,” Marnell told MMAJunkie. “So if you could stop requesting that data from the executive director, it would be helpful because it’s not going to come out until we’re ready to send it out and have all of that properly put together – but it will be published before the fight.”
The UFC 235 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, March 2, 2019, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary card will air on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET and Fight Pass, the UFC’s streaming service, at 6:15 p.m. ET.
