Under förra veckan berättade Dana White och Jon Jones att man kan förvänta sig goda nyheter gällande det positiva resultatet för ett dopningstest som gjorde att Jones drogs från UFC 200.
Jones testade positivt för östrogenblockerare som vanligtvis används efter steroidanvändning, men det visade sig sedan att det kan vara ett potensmedel som påverkade resultatet.
Den forne mästaren är nu tillbaka i träning på Jackson-Wink och tränaren Brandon Gibson tror nu att Jones kommer att ta tillbaka bältet under 2017.
Det här berättade Gibson via ’FloCombat’:
We have received some good news, but until the USADA and Nevada Athletic State Commission hearing, we won’t know anything for sure. We are just waiting for that hearing and waiting for that final verdict on Jon’s suspension and ban. He’s in the gym and he’s working on getting better, too. He will go back and reclaim his belt.
Jon was straight back in the gym. He was right back to helping his teammates, motivating his teammates–working on areas he wants to improve on and we just can’t let it defeat him. He knows he’s a champion, we know he’s a champion and that he’s the greatest fighter of all time. We just need to keep him in the gym and consistently improving.
Honestly speaking, I wish we did have the opportunity to see him compete at UFC 200, but those were the circumstances, and there’s no point crying over it. He’s just been right back to work and still improving every day.
We’ve definitely had those hard discussion behind closed doors. I’ve always said about him though, as a friend, as a teammate and, as a student; Jon is my guy, and we still have a very long road ahead of us. He’s only 28, and he’s got a long career ahead and a long future to keep getting better.
I don’t know if he will be holding the title again by the end of this year, but by the end of 2017 absolutely – and from there on out.
Jones var tänkt att möta den nuvarande mästaren Daniel Cormier i en returmatch under UFC 200.
