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There was a big fight this weekend and there should have been a dirty test based on the amount of drugs he has been using as of late.

Apparently there was some creative urine gathering going on.

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Coach says Jon Jones’s illegal knee was a case of bad timing

Jon Jones was determined to get a finish, and it almost cost him dearly.

The UFC light heavyweight champion’s first defense of his second reign was light on drama and Jones would go on to defeat Anthony Smith via a one-sided unanimous decision in the main event of UFC 235 in Las Vegas. However, an illegal blow landed by Jones in the closing seconds of round four resulted in him receiving a two-point penalty from Herb Dean and a rare trio of 48-44 scores at fight’s end.

It was almost a much worse scenario for Jones.

Smith insisted on continuing the contest, which saved Jones from an ignominious disqualification loss that would have cost him his belt. That decision was greatly appreciated by Jones and his team, with Jones praising Smith for not letting the fight end in that manner.

Jones’s coach Brandon Gibson appeared on The MMA Hour on Monday and he also credited Smith for his sportsmanship. He added that Jones was simply looking to finish the fight and if the bout had taken place in a state where the recently revised unified rules of MMA were fully implemented, we could be talking about a Jones knockout and not another Jones controversy.

“We wanted the finish,” Gibson told host Luke Thomas. “I thought Jon would put him away, I was thinking by the third round. The fourth round we really saw Jon turn it up and I feel bad about the knee. A split-second later or one state line over, that probably would have been a fight ender.

“I feel bad about it. I’m really, really happy that Anthony was able to get up and continue from that. I think it shows why he has that ‘Lionheart’ moniker.”

Under the current unified rules that have been adopted by the majority of states in the U.S., a fighter is considered grounded (and thus, not eligible to be struck by a kick or knee to the head) if they have two hands and/or a knee or other part of the body aside from the soles of the feet on the mat. In Smith’s case, he only had one hand on the mat when Jones’s knee landed. Source

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