According to Rogan and Schaub, a new USADA test could be what caught Jones…
Jon Jones’ career and legacy are in an uncertain place at the moment. The MMA world is still trying to wrap their head around Jones’ 3rd drug test failure and 2nd for PEDs.
Joe Rogan and former UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub spoke about Jones’ latest failure recently on Rogan’s podcast. While the two could not confirm their suspicions, their belief is that new and evolved USADA testing methods were able to catch Jones taking a previously hard to detect drug.
Brendan Schaub On The Drug in Jones’ System
Brendan Schaub made several statements on Rogan’s podcast regarding the drug found in Jones’ system. While Schaub does not name his source, he did state he had consulted with an expert regarding this particular drug.
“From what I heard too is that USADA, they have a new test. Obviously, they’re not announcing we’re doing this now everyone, welcome to the party!”
He is speculating that Jones may have thought the drug he took was undetectable with current USADA methods, and therefore he felt he’d be safe to take it.
Schaub continued to state what he had learned about this drug.
It’s very common around power-lifters, because you can take it in-competition and by the time you get tested after, it has an hour half-life, so it’s shelf life is super short, but you take it and it makes you super (aggressive) and strong.
It’s so hard to obtain legally, everyone gets it black market. And when you get it black market you don’t know where it’s coming from. A lot of times, and this happens with a lot of powerlifters and other athletes, when they test hot for this, it means they got a bad batch; there’s something else mixed into it. This is coming from a super-knowledgeable dude who knows about it.”
USADA has confirmed that the drug Jones failed for was the steroid turinabol. The drug is believed to be an oral steroid effective at preserving muscle and increasing athletic performance.
It is also believed that turinabol is often faked on the black market.
Joe Rogan Reacts to Jon Jones’ 3rd Failed Test
Jones has previously been on Joe Rogan’s podcast. On his last JRE appearance, he admitted his second drug test failure was due to taking over-the-counter sexual aid supplements. This had been predicted by Brian Redban on the podcast before the information had been made public.
Check out this clip of Rogan and Schaub discussing Jon Jones’ recent drug test failure for turinabol.
Rogan also posted on social media that he was “extremely bummed out” regarding the news of Jones’ most recent failure.
“I will wait before the details are in before I comment, but I will say that I hope this is some insane mistake. I always hope whenever a fighter tests positive that it’s a mistake or that it’s a trace amount from a tainted supplement, and that’s exactly how I’m feeling now.
Honestly I’m just extremely bummed out about this news.”
