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Jones tests positive for metabolite of oral Turinabol per VADA test

January 23, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Jon Jones has tested positive for the long-term M3 metabolite of oral turinabol according to drug tests administered by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency. It appears as though Jones has tested positive for this banned substance, that he will not face any punitive measures per the guidelines of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy.

As most know, Jones had tested positive for turinabol prior to his fight this past December with Alexander Gustafsson.  However, it was deemed to be as a remnant of turinabol 15 months prior.  Of course, USADA and Jones could not find the pathology of the banned substance in Jones’ system.

It is interesting to note that it was reported that drug test taken by Jones and administered by the California State Athletic Commission after the Gustafsson fight came up negative for turinabol.  Yet, the VADA test came up with the banned substance.

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While we have been cautioned not to jump to opinions on this, one has to speculate how Jones’ CSAC test on the night of the fight came up negative for oral turinabol metabolites but the VADA test shows a different result.  Are we to conclude that Jones is an anomaly?  While the UFC claims that another fighter is dealing with a similar situation, the scientific studies behind this show that this does not happen with humans.  The commission and regulators decry that Jones will not be given a free pass for every failed drug test, one has to wonder what to do with Jones except for pressing the media not to report on this.

MMA Payout will continue to monitor this situation.  It will be an interesting situation when Jones appears before the Nevada Athletic Commission as it did not issue Jones a license for his December fight which precipitated the late move.

Filed Under: Drug Testing, UFC, USADA, VADA

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