Jon Jones Breaks Silence On Positive Cocaine Test, Apologizes For ‘Mistake’

What should have been a time for celebration for Jon Jones after the eighth successful defense of his light heavyweight title on January 3 instead turned into a disaster when it was revealed that the New Yorker tested positive for cocaine a month before the fight. Monday night, Jones broke his silence in an interview with FOX Sports 1’s Charissa Thompson.

“I definitely don’t have an excuse,” Jones said. “I’m not here to make excuses about what happened. I did it. I’m not gonna blame my friends, or pressure or stress. I messed up. I can’t call it a mistake because I consciously did it.”

Admitting that he took cocaine at a party, Jones knew that when he was tested on December 4 that things weren’t going to turn out well for him.

“It was a nerve-wracking day,” he said. “I knew I had done something wrong and the test would show that. I knew the test would come out positive. I knew there was nothing I could do about it.”