{"id":294847,"date":"2018-12-13T07:35:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T15:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=294847"},"modified":"2018-12-13T07:35:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T15:35:41","slug":"jon-jones-reacts-to-csac-license-reinstatement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-reacts-to-csac-license-reinstatement\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones reacts to CSAC license reinstatement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday afternoon, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones had his license <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-gets-csac-license-reinstated-is-asked-to-enroll-in-additional-vada-drug-testing\/\">reinstated<\/a> by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) after failing a drug test for his 2017 fight with Daniel Cormier in Anaheim.<\/p>\n<p>For Jon Jones, this marked the final hurdle in the path to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/alexander-gustafsson-says-jon-jones-seems-very-insecure-heading-into-ufc-232-fight\/\">his UFC 232 rematch with Alexander Gustafsson<\/a>. Needless to say, he&#8217;s quite happy about the way things shook out \u2014 even if he had to pay a $205,000 fine.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Jones reacted to this development on social media. Here&#8217;s what he had to say.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BrSvzVNlEM9\/<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes you have to spend a little money to make a little money,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I must say, for the most part I\u2019m happy with the way things went with the California State athletic commission yesterday. I\u2019m a trained and licensed killer ready to rock \u2018n\u2019 roll again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jon Jones will enter this fight having not fought since July of 2017, when he knocked out Cormier. Unfortunately, this bout was quickly ruled a no contest when it was announced Jones had failed a drug test. The title was promptly returned to Cormier, and after more than a year of deliberation, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), handed Jones a 15-month suspension. Because this suspension is retroactive to the date of his failed test, he was eligible to compete again at the end of October. He\u2019s 22-1 (1) overall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Alexander Gustafsson, meanwhile, has not fought since May of 2017, when knocked out Glover Teixeira. With this win, the Swedish contender moved onto a two-fight streak, having also recently bested Jan Blachowicz by decision. Gustafsson is 18-4 overall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson first met in the main event of UFC 165, in 2013 in Toronto. On that night, Jones walked away with a unanimous decision win, though many fans felt Gustafsson should have been awarded the decision. Whatever the case, the bout is widely regarded as one of the best in UFC history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 12\/13\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday afternoon, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones had his license reinstated by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) after failing a drug test for his 2017 fight with Daniel Cormier in Anaheim. For Jon Jones, this marked the final hurdle in the path to his UFC 232 rematch with Alexander Gustafsson. 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