Everyone quick to anoint him the goat. Aren’t we forgetting that he’s a cheater? Or do people just not care.
UFC 200
On July 8, 2016, a urine sample from Jones tested positive for two banned substances, clomiphene, an anti-estrogen substance, and letrozole, an aromatase inhibitor, prior to his scheduled championship bout with Cormier at UFC 200. The violation was from an “A” sample collection on June 16, with subsequent testing of the B sample confirming the doping. Both drugs, which are on the World Anti-Doping Agency banned substances list, are described as “hormone and metabolic modulators”, which are not allowed to be used in or out of competition.[242][243]
On August 22, 2017, it was announced that Jones was flagged for a potential doping violation by USADA, stemming from his test sample that was collected on July 28, one day before his rematch against Cormier at UFC 214. He tested positive for Turinabol, an anabolic steroid, and was placed on a provisional suspension as a result of the positive drug test.[29] On September 13, the CSAC announced that it had overturned the result of the fight with Cormier from a KO victory for Jones to a no-contest, after both Jones’s A and B samples tested positive for Turinabol. Jones was also stripped of the title for a third time, and it was then returned to Cormier.[247]
You can pretend everyone is as il/legitimate as everyone else, but that’s delusional. Whatever your feelings tell you, there are guys who have been caught, there are guys who never popped for anything, and then there is one guy who was caught by USADA and allowed to compete with shit in his system.
The guys who have popped should have an asterisk. If the fact that they got caught cheating doesn’t matter to you, then the asterisks won’t either. You can pretend that your favorite cheater was just as legit as someone without an asterisk because of feelings, and people who feel similarly will agree, while those who care about legit competition will ignore your delusions, and the names with asterisks.
