Midnight Mania! Jon Jones remains unbothered by latest positive drug test results

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Jon Jones continues to test positive for Turinabol M3 metabolites, and the powers that be continue to accept this as a result of “pulsing,” even though there is very little science behind that confidence. He himself says he’s “comfortable in this space,” and said he’s been learning of athletes in baseball and another Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) athlete who are in the same scenario he is in. As baseball has had an infamous steroid problem since as long as I can recall, that doesn’t seem particularly comforting.

I know that I’m almost a leader in this whole development, and I’m comfortable in this space. I just wish, I wish fans would not just look at the headlines, and actually click on the links and learn what was really going on.

While I do share Jon’s desire for fans to actually click on the links and educate themselves — and I’m not quite sure how he could be handling it any differently, frankly — I certainly don’t share his confidence in his own inviolable innocence. He is a leader in this space, though, as no other athletes have been able to get away with multiple positive tests and continue their fight careers almost completely unchecked. He is in a kind of no-man’s land, where we have been told to expect more positive results, so whether or not they occur, Jones is bound to take heat. Nothing he can do or say will clear his name in the eyes of many fans, so in that sense, perhaps he is right to just be comfortable.

Jones faces Anthony Smith at UFC 235 this Saturday (March 2, 2019) on pay-per-view (PPV), the headliner to a stacked event. Smith, like Jones, has opted to be unbothered by the results, saying he believes Jones is a clean athlete.

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Insomnia

That is unusual.

Israel Adesanya as Deadpool works for some reason.

So awkward!

Colby Covington making a scene at Kamaru Usman’s open workout:

I don’t know that I’ve ever seen Luke Rockhold throw a body punch in a fight?

Johnny Walker looking smart:

Conor McGregor seems to be into religious references these days. PUSH: Pray Until Something Happens:

Dillon Danis probably shouldn’t keep trying to troll Ben Askren, but he will anyway

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Slips, Rips, KO Clips

OUCH!

Well, that didn’t work out well for him.

Gorgeous inside boxing:

This never gets old, and also congratulations to Vitor on his ONE signing:

Vitor Belfort had a lot of stuff to say today:

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Random Land

This is so pure:

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