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UFC Vice President of Health Jeff Novitzky, update on Jon Jones Situation

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Jon Jones’s team is working hard to find out what happened. We, the UFC, are helping them as much as we can to determine how that substance entered his body. Sometimes it is a process of weeks or months, as you have to analyze all supplements. The best thing  for Jon Jones to avoid a long suspension is to show that the substance was inside a product that was not high risk . I said the Jon Jones, UFC and USADA team are working to determine the source of the banned substance.




This is often a long process, and the possible outcome-based sanctions range from a multi-year suspension to a minimum penalty. All parties are trying to find a evidence of unintended use of the prohibited substance . At  no point in the interview did I say that there is any kind of information going in that direction . “


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