{"id":125510,"date":"2015-01-12T10:03:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T18:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=125510"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:56:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:56:50","slug":"winkeljohn-talks-jon-jones-failed-drug-test-still-stand-behind-jon2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/winkeljohn-talks-jon-jones-failed-drug-test-still-stand-behind-jon2\/","title":{"rendered":"Winkeljohn Talks Jon Jones Failed Drug Test: &#8216;We Still Stand Behind Jon&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jon-Jones.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jon-Jones.png\" alt=\"Jon Jones\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jon-Jones.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jon-Jones-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jon-Jones-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following UFC 182, news broke that UFC light heavyweight kingpin Jon Jones had failed a pre-fight random drug test for the primary metabolite in cocaine, Benzoylecgonine.<\/p>\n<p>Jones entered a rehab facility in New Mexico following the news of the drug test results surfacing, and no action has been taken by the commission due to the fact that Benzoylecgonine is not banned out-of-competition.<\/p>\n<p>Jones striking coach, Mike Winkeljohn spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l3p_5lM29xs&#038;list=UUNrEHIf8QmKK-cAag4YxIXQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submission Radio<\/a> to discuss the drug test results, and his reaction to them.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was surprised by it. I know they had drug tested him [Jon Jones]. I didn\u2019t know anything had come up. I was unaware of it, and we&#8217;re disappointed, but at the same time we\u2019re glad that Jon is taking the steps necessary to solve this problem. And he&#8217;s young. Everybody\u2019s made mistakes, and I\u2019m not the one that&#8230;.I mean I\u2019ll give him a hard time when we talk about it next again, but we\u2019re still standing behind Jon, and we like to have him around. He&#8217;s got a great heart, he treats his teammates well, he treats his coaches well, he treats the family well. It just it sucks that that happened. It\u2019s sad to see him put himself in that position, but with that being said I think the future&#8217;s bright for Jon. He will learn from it and go forward\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While some say Jones could have potentially benefitted from his cocaine usage, Mike Winkeljohn believes the opposite.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNo. You know I think it\u2019d definitely be detrimental because it\u2019s going to take you &#8211; when you come down on it &#8211; it\u2019s going to take your attention away from what you need to do. It\u2019s going to have a negative impact. Actually I think it\u2019s going to be worse for his training if he\u2019s getting out of focus and going out, and if someone&#8217;s going out and getting high, and then having to come back to training after that type of situation. They&#8217;re not doing everything they need to do to compete. So I think it\u2019s actually a distraction and it\u2019s a shame, but you know it\u2019s happened to a lot of people before and I don\u2019t know why it happened. But again like I said, I hope he learns from it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Despite Winkeljohn&#8217;s understanding of the severity of the situation, he also believes that fans should not discredit Jones win over Cormier.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWell you know it is a big deal and we take it serious because we want the best for Jon. I want him to grow of course. So I think it is a big deal. I\u2019m glad it\u2019s being considered a big deal, but as far as the fans and the outsiders taking it to discredit his fight, or I think a lot of it has to do with wanting to see him fall because he\u2019s on top. So they&#8217;re doing it for the wrong reasons. I\u2019m pissed off about it and not happy about it because it\u2019s not good for Jon Jones long term life wise. He\u2019s gotta be better for he himself, his family, and the people that look up to him. But a lot of people are down on Jon Jones &#8217;cause they want to see the great ones fall; because they don\u2019t feel good about themselves. So they have to see the winner lose, and that sucks for them, for those individuals that spend their whole day on the internet, telling everybody all of the bad things that Jon Jones did. I\u2019m thinking to myself, get a life.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following UFC 182, news broke that UFC light heavyweight kingpin Jon Jones had failed a pre-fight random drug test for the primary metabolite in cocaine, Benzoylecgonine. 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