Twitter reacts to Jon Jones's USADA suspension and possible return of UFC 230

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By: Mike Bohn, The Blue Corner | September 19, 2018 8:24 pm

Former UFC champion Jon Jones finally revealed his future today by announcing that he had agreed to a 15-month suspension from the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) after an arbitration.

Jones (22-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) failed an anti-doping test at the time of his fight against UFC 214 with Daniel Cormier in July 2017. It was his second incident involving a doping violation, but "Bones" has managed to find a way to get less time than many expected and is allowed to fight on October 28th, a few days before UFC 230 in New York City on November 3rd.

The announcement of this announcement has sparked a lot of speculation within the MMA community about Jones' situation. Check out Twitter's main reactions to its suspension announcement.

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Jon Jones received a 15-month retroactive suspension from USADA. He is free to resume his career on October 28, 2018.

– Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) September 19, 2018

Jon Jones submitted 14 supplements to test for contamination, none of them came back dirty. This is rare, but the USADA does NOT have to identify the source of a prohibited substance to reduce a sanction. In this case, they felt that Jones had a low degree of fault and did not try to cheat.

– Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) September 19, 2018

Have you ever heard people say "MMA is wrong" or "UFC is fixed"? What they mean is what they mean, it is not the result but the very idea of "sport" itself. Money rules everything. What a fucking joke

– "Lawthy" Tom Lawlor (@FilthyTomLawlor) September 19, 2018

15 months Such a random number that stands out remarkably with some main show without event taking place in the original state of Jon. Fantastic things https://t.co/9g7KStwaY5

– caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) September 19, 2018

The ball continues to roll. Has spoken to a representative of Gustafsson, and the current position is that he might be ready to fight by the UFC 230.

– Steven Marrocco (@MMAjunkieSteven) September 20, 2018

I told Dana White that the obvious assumption that everyone does is that Jon Jones will be leading MSG on the 11/3. He replied "not true".

– Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) September 20, 2018

Now I understand #usada is no.1 bullshit people.
To a lot of politics.

– khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) September 20, 2018

No shadows at JJ but no one is surprised by this arbitrary decision, the USADA gradually loses respect in the fighter community to the point of wondering why they even exist ? https: // t .co / AhVmwBvBEr

– Curtis Blaydes (@RazorBlaydes265) September 20, 2018

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