LAS VEGAS – Jon Jones feels like his name should be cleared of past drug test failures.
The former UFC light heavyweight champion claims his previous test results are no longer valid under a 2019 revision to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency rules that upped the threshold for prohibited substances to 100 picograms. Although USADA is not clear on its website of this specific change, UFC senior vice president of athlete health and performance Jeff Novitsky commented publicly on the change in threshold for prohibited substances in 2020.
Jones, who’s making his long-awaited return this Saturday at UFC 285, is hoping that his name is cleared of the failed drug tests he had prior to the change in threshold, and the no contest result of his 2017 rematch against Daniel Cormier gets overturned back to a KO win.
