CSAC’s Andy Foster Explains Why He Believes Jon Jones Is Innocent

The Jon Jones situation could be more complicated than first believed.

Yesterday, after his hearing with the California State Athletic Commission regarding a failed drug test, former UFC Lightheavyweight champion Jon Jones Tweeted:

“I want to thank csac for taking the time and hearing my case, and executive officer Andy Foster for saying he believes me.”


The tweet was a bit curious considering the CSAC revoked Jones’ MMA license and fined him $205,000 at Foster’s recommendation. But apparently Jones is right, Foster does not believe Jones intentionally cheated. He told MMAFighting:

“This doesn’t make any sense. He passed all the tests that were surprise tests, the out-of-competition tests, but then he fails the one he knows is coming? That doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. And with a drug that is easily detectable. There’s a lot of things that doesn’t make any sense about this. As you know, I can’t deal with that. I can only deal with the facts that are in front of me.”

Foster said he recommended such a strict sentence because at the end of the day, Jones ingested a steroid before competition.


He also said the positive test does not point to a serious doping system on the part of Jones. All this despite previous failed tests and an inability to explain the presence of Turinabol in his sample:

“I hope that people look at all this with some common sense. It doesn’t make sense for Jon Jones to dope at the time that he doped. I mean, administered — whatever the term. I’m not saying he’s a doper. I’m saying however it got in his system, that wouldn’t have been the right time.”


Foster says he looks forward to Jon’s re-application for a license in California, and does not believe the offense will prove to be career-ending. In any case, real test for Jones will come at his USADA hearing.

“Hopefully, the next time I see Mr. Jones he’ll be sitting beside me and I’ll have his application in my hand and I’ll say, ‘Look, I’m recommending you give Mr. Jones a license.’”

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