Massive, massive news broke on Tuesday night in the world of Mixed Martial Arts. It was announced that Jon Jones has tested positive for steroids after his win at UFC 214 against Daniel Cormier. With this news, the world of Mixed Martial Arts has been sent into a frenzy. Jones was previously suspended for a year for testing positive for a banned substance.
There is also an impact on the world of professional wrestling with this news.
It looks like we can officially call off speculation on a Brock Lesnar vs Jon Jones UFC fight. There were tons of rumors over the past month that we could be seeing these two fight sometime in 2018 (likely after Wrestlemania 34). According to reports, if Jones is guilty he could be suspended anywhere from 2 to 4 years.
If Jon Jones is found guilty when he goes through the due process with USADA he would be looking at anything from a 2-4 year suspension.
— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) August 23, 2017
Also, for those asking if WWE knew about this ahead of time and changed the Summerslam finish to Brock retaining (yes, some people have asked), that is not the case. Everyone found out about this on Tuesday night:
Jones’ team, UFC, Cormier all just found out about Jones’ failure moments ago. Shocking news.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) August 23, 2017
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Looks like Brock vs Jones isn’t happening… Unless these two decide to do it at Wrestlemania instead.
