Friday marks the 10-year anniversary of one of the most important main events in UFC history – and also the anniversary of a fight card that was rife with all kinds of issues.
Then-light heavyweight champion Jon Jones headlined UFC 182 against arch rival Daniel Cormier. The buildup to their first fight included a press conference faceoff stage shove and melee months earlier, ahead of when the two originally were supposed to meet at UFC 178.
And a few weeks before the fight, Jones was flagged for a drug test failure for cocaine – though he served no suspension because it was out of competition, and the test failure wasn’t announced until three days after his unanimous decision win over Cormier.
