Coach says four-year suspension for Jon Jones would be unfair

Jones is provisionally suspended from the UFC (Photo: reproduction/Facebook UFC)

the career of Jon Jones in MMA is at risk. After testing positive for the banned substance turinabol, in a test carried out the day before UFC 214, in July, when he knocked out Daniel Cormier, there was a doubt about what the fighter's future will be. This Tuesday, the counter-test requested by 'Bones' also came back positive, confirming doping, which could result in a suspension of up to four years, as the former light heavyweight champion is a repeat offender.

Aware of the long period in which Jones will be banned from acting, Mike Winkeljohn considers the punishment unfair, stating that the measure could end his pupil's career.

PUBLICITY:

See too

St. Pierre says he will retire again if he loses to Bisping

After defeat to Jones is annulled, Cormier returns to UFC champion

"I don't know. It's something that can last four years. I think it would be devastating on that level (indicating the end of Jon's career), and like I said, it's unfair. He made a mess, maybe he took something that someone said was okay, but he didn't do it with the clear intention of taking advantage. That's the terrible part for me. He will probably be devastated in four years. It's a long downhill time where bad things can happen. That scares me. If it is a one-year suspension, for example, I believe that Jon Jones will come back and dominate the world again”, declared Mike, in an interview on the 'Combate' channel website.

Although he admits that Jones should be more careful with his own career, Winkeljohn says he believes in the athlete's innocence. For him, the new doping could be the result of some wrong medication, but which 'Bones' took without knowing it was prohibited.

PUBLICITY:

“There is no chance. Jon was tested multiple times in his preparation for the fight. He wouldn't do something like that. The problem is public perception. They think he's strong from steroids. I know that Jon Jones He made mistakes in the past, he did bad, stupid things, but he grew up. But he was caught for taking a contaminated Viagra from Mexico. They are not steroids. I would venture that this time he took something during the rehydration process that someone told him was free. Everyone thinks this is an excuse, but it is quite possible that it happened,” he concluded.