Jon Jones interview with Ariel Helwani:
The former light-heavyweight champion discusses the highly controversial mess around Vitor Belfort’s UFC 152 drug test fail. He states the UFC disrespected him and he is still pretty mad about it:
“I remember at the weigh-ins, I looked at his abs and I’m like, dude, I’m like several years younger than you and you look way tighter than me,” Jones said. “And I knew I trained pretty hard for that camp. Everybody has always speculated Vitor for being on steroids. But to know they put me in there with him knowing he was on them, it’s really a slap in the face.”
“That period of time with TRT is one that was tricky for everyone: For the UFC, for athletic commissions, and for athletes alike,” Sholler said. “I think when everyone came to a conclusion it didn’t have a place in the sport and was outlawed in 2014, we were quick to make sure that we too followed suit, as Nevada has said.”
“Vitor Belfort was on steroids when I fought him,” Jones said. “The UFC was very well aware way before the fight. They did nothing to penalize him. They let the fight go on knowing that I was fighting a guy on steroids, which is a hazard to my life.”
“I haven’t brought it up to them yet,” Jones said. “But the fans know. It all gets back to what I was saying about power of the UFC and this athletic commission. Eventually something needs to be done about it.
“I will bring it up eventually. I’m just interested to hear their explanation.”
Talk about f*cked up! What was the UFC thinking?
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