Chael Sonnen has not been quiet in his criticism of Jon “Bones” Jones since Jones was taken off of the UFC 200 card due to a drug violation. Sonnen himself tested positive in 2014, which led him into retirement.
Sonnen appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience Monday and really didn’t pull any punches when it came to Jones. Sonnen told Rogan that Jones tested positive for estrogen blockers.
Sonnen also told a story about an old rumor that Jones had hidden under the cage at his gym to hide from a drug test, as transcribed by UPROXX:
“I wasn’t there but let’s tell the story,” Chael said. “USADA came in — this is just ‘the story’ — but this is from some of his teammates, UFC fighters that claim they were there, and that doesn’t make it true. But all the disclaimers aside, let’s get down to the entertainment side of this.”
“So USADA rolls into Jackson’s gym to do a test on Jon Jones and there was only some coaches in there and like five people at the time. So he can see them coming, where they parked they can see him coming, so they don’t know what to do with him so they hide him under the cage. Jon Jones hides under the cage. They tell them ‘Jon, we don’t know where he is.’”
“So anyways he hides under the ring, they say ‘Well where is he, this is his gym.’ They say ‘How would I know where he is?’ So instead of leaving like they thought they would do, they took a seat. Well, there’s like eight hours left in the business day, they don’t ever leave. However long, a six or eight hour time frame, Jon’s under the cage the entire time. So people are coming and going, the whole thing. Finally they close the lights and lock the door and now Jon can finally come out.”
“Well USADA found out. They didn’t do this — they wanted to get a warrant and go under that ring under the theory that at some point in that six to eight hour span he would have had to pee. They wanted to go under forensically and collect that urine. That’s how upset they were that they had been had.”
“Now I realize that we’re saying all the nice [disclaimer] stuff … that happened! How long was the time frame and all that, that part is something. But they were coming after him after that. When they found out that — hey don’t like when people say their test doesn’t work and they don’t like being duped. And they came after him.”
“Remember when I predicted Rumble versus Jones would not happen? That’s because I had that story and I knew USADA was looking for him. I knew they had boots on the ground in Albuquerque waiting for him to leave the club, to get him for anything. I was armed with that — that’s why I predicted that fight wouldn’t happen. I knew they were after him. And this is before we had to do the whereabouts like we do now. Back then it was just random and they were just waiting for the right time when they were gonna grab him.”
Now, whether or not you want to believe this story is entirely up to you, but it should be noted that Sonnen really doesn’t have a good bone in his body as far as Jones is concerned (no pun intended).
Either way, the recent circumstances are very unfortunate for Jon Jones, whose future with the UFC is now unclear moving forward.
[UPROXX]
