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PEDs? Nah, Jon Jones says he beat Alexander Gustafsson thanks to his ‘big old American balls’
We told you already about how Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier teamed up to take down Alexander Gustafsson on Twitter.
It all started with Gustafsson 18-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) taking a shot at Cormier (20-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) in announcing his new UFC contract, which Cormier responded to by putting Gustafsson on blast because his “greatest accomplishment is two close losses” (in failed title bids against him and Jones), which Jones (22-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) then co-signed on.
Gustafsson wasn’t content to just let the Twitter beef end there, though, and responded to Jones highlighting his use of the “good stuff,” a.k.a. his history with positive drug tests.
now step up and I’ll show u!!
— Alexander Gustafsson (@AlexTheMauler) April 24, 2018
For the record, Jones beat Gustafsson for a hard-fought unanimous decision at UFC 165 on Sept. 21, 2013. Whatever you want to believe about Jones and his history with drug use, he wasn’t officially busted for anything for the first time until December 2014, when he tested positive for cocaine just before he defeated Cormier in their first meeting at UFC 182.
But this apparently was the response Jones expected from Gustafsson, and that timing I mentioned above seemed to be an important point in Jones’ retort.
Please tell me you convinced yourself that I was on steroids during our fight
please tell me you convinced yourself I was ever on steroids
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) April 24, 2018
Since that first cocaine positive, Jones also has two failed drug tests by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency: first in July 2016, which cancelled his scheduled UFC 200 headliner with Cormier and earned him a one-year suspension, and then last July it was revealed he tested positive following his UFC 214 win over Cormier that was later ruled a no-contest. Jones is still awaiting a hearing with USADA for his latest case.
Whether or not Jones used performance enhancers (knowingly or not) against Gustafsson is something we’ll never know for sure. But can you blame Gustafsson for wondering?
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