{"id":295462,"date":"2018-12-19T11:31:31","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T19:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=295462"},"modified":"2018-12-19T11:31:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T19:31:31","slug":"jon-jones-declines-additional-vada-drug-testing-recommended-by-csac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-declines-additional-vada-drug-testing-recommended-by-csac\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones declines additional VADA drug-testing recommended by CSAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At <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\/\">a hearing earlier this month<\/a>, the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC), advised former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones to enroll in VADA drug testing in addition to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) drug testing that he&#8217;s subject to as a UFC fighter. This extra testing was not mandatory, merely encouraged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI, for one, would like to put the doubts to sleep and to put them away once and for all,\u201d commissioner Martha Shen-Urquidez told Jones at the hearing. \u201cAnd for people to believe you, that you are that talented and that you are the greatest, and that you can win a fight just clean, and that this is Jon Jones, and to put those doubts away once and for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At first, Jon Jones and his team seemed open to this idea, although his attorney Howard Jacobs said they would need more information before committing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to see what exactly it is that we\u2019re agreeing to, as far as what VADA is testing for, when they test, what their restrictions are,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, however, Jon Jones and his team have declined to partake in this additional testing, choosing instead to stick to the USADA testing that all UFC fighters are subject to. CSAC director Andy Foster confirmed this news to <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/12\/ufc-232-jon-jones-skips-vada-testing-recommended-by-csac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to MMAjunkie on Monday, Jacobs divulged that there were \u201csome issues\u201d with the notion of VADA testing, which would test Jones for performance enhancing drugs but not &#8220;drugs of abuse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jon Jones will return to the Octagon at UFC 232 on December 29, when he will battle Alexander Gustafsson for the vacant UFC light heavyweight title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jones will enter this fight having not fought since July of 2017, when he knocked out Daniel Cormier. Unfortunately, this bout was quickly ruled a no contest when it was announced Jones had failed a drug test. The title was 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 was 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\">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\/19\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a hearing earlier this month, the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC), advised former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones to enroll in VADA drug testing in addition to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) drug testing that he&#8217;s subject to as a UFC fighter. 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