Earlier today it was revealed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission that UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones had failed a pre-fight drug test due to cocaine metabolites.
He later released a statement and said that he was checking into a rehab facility. The UFC and Dana White released a statement as well, saying that they were behind their champion.
Twitter Responds to Jon Jones failed drug test
We decided to scour the Twitterverse and grab the best tweets following the news.
Jon Jones tests positive for cocaine commission says it’s not against the rules. Diaz tests positive for weed & gets fined & suspended? Smh
— JENNIFER SWIFT (@Jennifer_SwifT) January 6, 2015
All these journalists are like “mma insiders knew for some time Jones had a cocaine issue” WHY NOT REPORT IT THEN? kind of your job.
— Roy Billington (@RoyBillington) January 6, 2015
I do hope Jon Jones gets sorted in rehab, however I can’t understand the UFC nor suspending him.
— Ian Bain (@IanBainMMA) January 6, 2015
I’ll never understand out a test given less than one month from a fight is ‘out of competition’. What’s the point of doing it at all?
— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) January 6, 2015
Legal or not you shouldn’t be snorting lines if you’re the poster boy of such a company as the UFC.
— MoseS (@mkeener17) January 6, 2015
Once, just ONCE, I’d like to see a flurry of tweets about @JonnyBones adopting an entire animal shelter full of cats or something.
— Jon Jones (@jonjones) January 6, 2015
MMA media at its finest and I’m guilty of it. People who knew bragging, people who didn’t are bitter that they can’t brag.
— Jason Nawara (@JasonNawara) January 6, 2015
The same jerk-offs trumpeting their jouranlistic street-cred are the same jerk-offs who won’t ask why the UFC and NSAC did nothing about it.
— CagePotato.com (@cagepotatomma) January 6, 2015
Serious question: Should the UFC’s code of conduct intervene with their own disciplinary action?
— Stephie D (@CrooklynMMA) January 6, 2015
Melvin Guillard was suspended for 8 months and fined $2,100 by the NSAC for testing positive for cocaine in his bout vs. Joe Stevenson. Hmm.
— Sean MB (@UFCFaceSwap) January 6, 2015
Best reaction to Bones Jones testing positive for cocaine on Sherdog forums, User Hugovela: “Drug tests do not submit to his alpha” #UFC
— Danny Acosta (@AcostaIsLegend) January 6, 2015
In other news, @thugjitsumaster just popped for excessive amounts of brownies in his system. pic.twitter.com/C1g7UvmXHL
— Travis McPherson (@TravisMcP) January 6, 2015
The NSAC stayed silent in order to protect the money. Fuck them. pic.twitter.com/d3z9HtPV3X
— CagePotato.com (@cagepotatomma) January 6, 2015
Goes to rehab as a slap on the wrist. Comes back with 1,000x the heat. Media lapdogs praise the UFC sending Jones to rehab. Everyone wins!
— CagePotato.com (@cagepotatomma) January 6, 2015
If you don’t think it’s shady the UFC canceled their drug testing program after this news, you’re probably an MMA media member.
— CagePotato.com (@cagepotatomma) January 6, 2015
The NAC’s inability/refusal to punish J. Jones essentially proves Nick Diaz was right about marijuana in NV all along http://t.co/Pt9Sm1m2y5
— Luke Thomas (@SBNLukeThomas) January 6, 2015
WHOA! I step outside to do a @rosstraining workout and walk back in to big time drug testing scoops!
— Tom Lawlor (@FilthyTomLawlor) January 6, 2015
Somebody once told me “Cocaine is god’s way of telling you you earn too much money”. Guess the UFC should pay its fighters less.
— Brad Wharton (@MMABrad48) January 6, 2015
I’ll make fun of people who take steroids but I feel bad when I find out someone has a coke problem. Hope JBJ gets help.
— Ulysses Gomez (@uselessgomez) January 6, 2015
So cocaine ISN’T banned out of competition? Seems pretty fucked to me.
— Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) January 6, 2015
Many unanswered Q’s. Why was fight allowed to go on? Is this related to elimination of larger testing program? Is Code of Conduct in play?
— Luke Thomas (@SBNLukeThomas) January 6, 2015
The biggest takeaway from this (not involving the UFC being dirty) is Daniel Cormier being the classiest fighter in the company.
— CagePotato.com (@cagepotatomma) January 6, 2015
Why can’t MMA have nice things?
— Greg Savage (@TheSavageTruth) January 7, 2015
Reaction I’m getting from MMA folks: What’s the standard? When is in-competition vs. out-of-competition? Why test if no accountability?
— Josh Gross (@yay_yee) January 7, 2015
@ufc @danawhite you dumb bitches fire me for weed while you allow fighters to use hard drugs with zero consequences. #ufcistrash
— matthew riddle (@riddletuf7) January 6, 2015
UFC will likely point finger at NSAC & say it’s their job to disclose positive test but that merely underscores conflict of interest
— Dr. Johnny Benjamin (@DrJCBenjamin) January 7, 2015
Can someone explain to me why a commission would spend the time to test someone for a drug when there are no penalties for a positive test?
— Jimmy Smith (@jimmysmithmma) January 7, 2015
