Ingen rök utan eld lyder ett talesätt, frågan är om det kan appliceras på ”fallet Jones”. Det är nämligen flertalet fighters och tränare som tycker det är väldigt märkligt att Jon Jones har testat positivt för just turinabol. Jones hävdar naturligtvis sin oskuld och det verkar som en del väljer att tro på det Jones säger. Bland annat MMA-analytiker och tidigare UFC-fighter, Dan Hardy. genom Twitter sade Hardy följande.
Don’t ask me why, but I think I believe Jon Jones. Something about the whole thing feels strange to me. I hope they figure it out.
— Dan Hardy (@danhardymma) September 14, 2017
Jon Jones tränare, Mike Winkeljohn, sade i en intervju med Submission Radio att han verkligen inte tror att Jones skulle tagit turinabol då han testat negativt för steroiden enda fram till matchdagen.
Jon Jones had been tested multiple times going through the fight camp. He would not do something like that. The problem is the public perception. They think he’s got these needles and shoving steroids in his arms when, don’t get me wrong, I understand Jon has messed up in the past. He’s got caught drinking and driving. He’s done some bad things. He’s done things that are idiotic. But he’s grown up.
As far as taking steroids, what he’s been busted for is, you know, taking a Viagra Cialis from Mexico that had something in it. That’s not steroids, but it came up that way. And if I had to guess, it’s going to come out that there’s been something that he took to re-hydrate himself after his cut or somewhere in that style, that time that was some kind of – what do I want to say – some kind of substance that he thought was just a supplement, that someone said, ‘Hey, this will make you feel better. It’s got electrolytes in it and stuff.’
But it was tainted. And everybody thinks, ‘Yeah, that’s just an excuse.’ But, no, really, that’s it. That’s what it’s going to be.
Jones blev av med sitt bälte i veckan där Cormier, än en gång, blir UFCs lätta-tungviktsmästare.
