'What the (expletive) happened?' How Jon Jones ruined Dana White's steak dinner and UFC 200
Jon Jones, the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world and part of UFC 200’s main event, had a June test with a potential performance-enhancing drug issue, according to the United States Anti-Doping Agency. Just like that, Jones would need to be pulled from the card, his light heavyweight title fight with Daniel Cormier done.
“Boom,” White said.
Boom indeed.
“Sucks,” White said.
That, too. For the UFC, which had built the finest mixed martial arts card of all time for its historic show. For fans, specifically the ones who had already bought the pay-per-view in anticipation of the Jones-Cormier main event.
UFC 200 will still feature two title fights and the main event is now a Brock Lesnar-Mark Hunt bout, but this is a loss.