{"id":304019,"date":"2019-03-01T11:35:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T19:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=304019"},"modified":"2019-03-01T11:35:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T19:35:36","slug":"ufc-235-anthony-smith-responds-to-recent-jon-jones-drug-test-findings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-235-anthony-smith-responds-to-recent-jon-jones-drug-test-findings\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 235 | Anthony Smith responds to recent Jon Jones drug test findings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday afternoon, news surfaced that a pair of Jon Jones drug tests once again turned up\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/traces-of-m3-metabolite-detected-in-two-jon-jones-drug-tests-ahead-of-ufc-235\/\">traces of a metabolite of oral turinabol<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 though not enough to jeopardize the champ\u2019s UFC 235 fight with Anthony Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to the media shortly thereafter, Anthony Smith reacted to this latest Jon Jones controversy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronbronsteter\/status\/1101260292074307585\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s expected, I didn\u2019t have any doubt in my mind,&#8221; Smith said (transcript via<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/2\/28\/18245385\/ufc-235-anthony-smith-reacts-jon-jones-positive-drug-tests-its-expected-mma\" target=\"_blank\"> MMA Mania<\/a>). &#8220;For whatever reason he tends to pulse when he gets close to a fight. I would\u2019ve been more shocked if it wasn\u2019t that. It is what it is. I talked to [NSAC director] Bob Bennett, and we\u2019re good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI trust in Nevada State Athletic Commission,&#8221; Smith continued. &#8220;I don\u2019t understand the science behind it, it doesn\u2019t make any sense to any of us, right? But, we\u2019re just regular people. So it doesn\u2019t make sense to me. Bob Bennett has been doing this a long time and I just don\u2019t think that he would put me in a position where someone starts with a head start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut that\u2019s not me giving Jon a pass, you know? Obviously, there has been some sort of indiscretion there,&#8221; he added. &#8220;At some point in time, he has used PEDs and I don\u2019t think we can argue that. But as far as now, I think Jon is a clean athlete.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All that to say, Anthony Smith is taking this patch of pre-fight turbulence in stride. Do you think he&#8217;ll shock the world and defeat Jon Jones at UFC 235?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 3\/1\/2019.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday afternoon, news surfaced that a pair of Jon Jones drug tests once again turned up\u00a0traces of a metabolite of oral turinabol\u00a0\u2014 though not enough to jeopardize the champ\u2019s UFC 235 fight with Anthony Smith. 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