“He’s got the chance to prove himself innocent before proven guilty, but if it’s true, obviously super, super disappointing”, he said.
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According to the anti-doping program, a first-time doping offence would see a fighter be banned for two years.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Cormier was looking to unify the title in his highly-anticipated rematch with Jon Jones at UFC 200.
Jones tested positive in an out-of-competition sample collection by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) on June 16, and the bout was removed from the card because there was not enough time to review the findings before tomorrow, the statement added. I know there’s been a lot to go into this event, the staff of the UFC. Before UFC 182, he tested positive for a metabolite of cocaine and entered rehab.
UFC President Dana White today confirmed the booking to MMAjunkie.
Malki Kawa, Jones’ manager, said that Jones would appeal the test results and they have requested that Jones’ B sample be tested.
White also stated that this main event cancellation has affected Daniel Cormier as well, for all the efforts he and his team had exerted in the training camp.
“You can say whatever you want about Jon over the years but for the past year he has done nothing but try to live his life right”, Kawa said.
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His most recent victory came in a light heavyweight non-title fight against Stephan Bonnar at UFC 153 in Brazil while he still was middleweight champion. Lesnar, who has spent the last few years enjoying a WWE career, has not been subjected the UFC’s new drug policy because he only agreed to appear at UFC 200 weeks ago. The good news for Cormier, though, is that the preparation he did for the biggest fight of his career this week won’t be all for naught. “We’ll get a fight done, but Michael Bisping is in no condition to fight Cormier”. “I’ll sign a release, and we can just fight?” “So I really feel like I’m a blessed guy”. “I think people who are fans of mine know that I’m a fighter, and that adversity is not something that defeats me and I am hard to be broken”.
