{"id":198228,"date":"2016-07-07T09:40:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T16:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=198228"},"modified":"2016-07-07T09:40:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T16:40:32","slug":"jon-jones-i-would-never-cheat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/jon-jones-i-would-never-cheat\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones: &#8220;I would never cheat&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/daniel-cormier-reacts-to-jon-jones-being-pulled-from-ufc-200-this-one-stung\/\">Jon Jones being pulled from UFC 200<\/a> Wednesday night after being informed of a potential USADA anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition drug test back in June, Jones and his team appeared at a press conference on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>During the course of the presser, a visibly emotional Jones explained that he didn&#8217;t even know how to pronounce the substance he tested positive for.<\/p>\n<p>The pound for pound kingpin went on to explain that he would never knowingly take a performance enhancing drug:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jones: &quot;I would never take anything that would enhance my game. I would never cheat, that&#39;s not who I am&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Inside MMA (@InsideMMAaxstv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsideMMAaxstv\/status\/751081772239228928\">July 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for updates regarding <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-updated-ufc-200-promo-with-brock-lesnar-mark-hunt\/\">UFC 200.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of Jon Jones being pulled from UFC 200 Wednesday night after being informed of a potential USADA anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition drug test back in June, Jones and his team appeared at a press conference on Thursday. 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