11/7/2016 10:18 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF
Jon Jones won’t be stepping into the Octagon until next year … ’cause the UFC fighter was just slapped with a year suspension resulting from a failed drug test before UFC 200.
USADA announced the ruling Monday morning … saying they “determined that Jones should receive the maximum one-year period of ineligibility for his anti-doping violation.”
The 29-year-old superstar tested positive for clomiphene and letrozole — anti-estrogen agents that are often used after a cycle of steroids to counter to the negative side affects.
Traces of the drugs were found in a urine test from June 16, 2016 — an out of competition test leading up to UFC 200.
Jones was set to fight Daniel Cormier at UFC 200 on July 9th … but he was pulled from the card 3 days before the event due to the failed test.
It’s not all bad news for Jones. The suspension was backdated to the day the failed test was made public … meaning Jones is eligible to return July 6th, 2017.
Jones still faces possible punishment from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
