After former champ Jon Jones was pulled from the match, and the event, due to an investigation into possible anti-doping rules violations, Cormier was left without an opponent for the special.
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However, a WADA spokesperson confirmed to American media outlet ESPN that the sample had given the same failed result as the original test.
“The “B” sample is being tested today”. It is yet to be revealed if it was found in Jones’ blood or urine. When asked what his reaction to a two-year ban would be, Jones said he would return. Being labeled as someone who would ever cheat, it hurts me more than anything Ive ever been through in my career.. White said he doesn’t want to speak to Jones, and he expressed disbelief in Jones’ inability to avoid banned substances, even if he took them inadvertently through nutritional supplements.
White, though, suggested it’s time for Jones to reconsider his inner circle. However, Jones was busted for failing a doping test, which cancelled the fight. Wrestling gives Silva fits as we saw with Chael Sonnen a few years ago.
Silva, the 41-year-old one-time pound-for-pound king, will face Cormier, the light heavyweight champion, in a three-round non-title bout at 205 pounds, it was announced late Thursday night.
Jones said he had taken the same supplements as he did before previous fights and that anything different was not performance-enhancing.
Jon Jones speaks during a news conference, Thursday, July 7, 2016, in Las Vegas. I’m a fighter. Even though I may seem broken up here, I’m not broken.
The UFC then stripped his belt and he didn’t fight again until April, meeting a replacement foe when Cormier suffered a training-camp injury. I have been through all the worst stuff that can happen to you in the UFC.
Recent turbulance aside, Silva is considered one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time, having set the record for longest UFC title streak with 10 successful defenses of his middleweight crown between 2006 and 2013, with six other wins thrown in along the way.
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“I can’t really make any determinations on how or what it makes me feel until I understand the full spectrum of what went on”, Cormier continued.
