Jon Jones has been cleared ought campaign Anthony Smith at UFC 235 at Las Vegas following a hearing ago the Nevada condition Athletic committee above Tuesday.
As fraction of his licensing, Jones have ought undergo a strict medicine testing list — at least twice per month minimum — and the UFC gleam heavyweight champion has ought pay though that additional testing along March 2.
The committee also recommended Jones persist ought exist extensively tested along the target of 2019 consequently they could learn his results.
The lengthy hearing that stretched past three hours featured identical tiny witness from Jones, though he was at attendance alongside his attorney.
The committee quizzed Jones almost his medicine examination from 2017 that came aid certain though Turinabol — an anabolic steroid banned at full mature at and out of contest — which he afterward faced a 15-month suspension though the UFC anti-doping policy infraction.
The main substance though the committee above Tuesday was investigating the successive appearance of the long-term metabolites belonging ought Turinabol that eat continuously shown up at Jones’ system ever during that initial examination came aid certain at 2017.
Several medicine tests eat been flagged from Jones with pursue amounts of that identical long-term metabolite showing up at his body at testing conducted by USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency).
Jones also returned a certain examination though that identical long-term metabolite from a case taken by VADA (Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency) the engagement ago his final campaign against Alexander Gustafsson at Dec. 2018.
Dr. Daniel Eichner from the Sports medicine investigation and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL) — a WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) accredited laboratory — testified at the hearing ought endow his expert advice above Jones’ medicine examination results.
Dr. Eichner repeated comparable statements that he did ahead of Jones’ final campaign where he stated that he believed the reigning UFC gleam heavyweight champion had no ingested Turinabol again besides quite his most modern certain medicine tests were the originate of a ‘pulsing’ result — essentially leftover amounts of the medicine from the initial ingestion foregoing ought July 2017.
USADA also had two representatives there ought affirm at the hearing including Dr. Matthew Fedoruk, who echoed comparable sentiments though his link Dr. Eichner almost the medicine examination results that Jones has provided and there was no witness that he re-ingested the banned substance.
The biggest grilling came during the witness of Jeff Cook, who is the USADA results management and investigations senior director.
Nevada Athletic Commissioner Anthony Marnell took Cook ought work at ‘weak and soft’ rules from USADA after the organization did no illustrate Jones’ contrary medicine examination findings final year after little samples at August and September 2018 were also flagged though that identical long-term metabolite of Turinabol.
Jones was ultimately licensed ought campaign at California at a hearing held above Dec. 11, 2018 besides the committee there never received that additional medicine testing data from USADA until after they already made their decision.
In the future, Nevada requested that full medicine examination results exist returned ought them directly no affair what the contrary findings force exist consequently that they are accurately informed.
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Ultimately, Commissioner Marnell moved ought coincide Jones’ license though one campaign at UFC 235 across with the strict medicine testing with at least two samples taken each month though the remainder of 2019 ought persist studying his results.
The committee voted unanimously ought coincide the touch and now Jones is cleared ought retort ought action above March 2 though his campaign against Smith at the T-Mobile Arena at Las Vegas though the main incident though UFC 235.
“I’m super grateful ought exist aid fighting at Nevada,” Jones said after his hearing. “Excited ought exist fighting March 2. I deem it’s going ought exist a grand incident and just indeed looking deliver ought full the testing, looking deliver ought getting aid at front of full of the fans and just site above great fights.”
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