TMZ.com is reporting, with confirmation from MMAFighting, that Jon Jones failed his in-competition drug test from his UFC 214 bout with Daniel Cormier. TMZ is also reporting that Jones tested positive for Turinabol, though that hasn’t been officially confirmed yet.
If Turinabol sounds familiar, it’s the same drug Frank Mir was suspended for using. It’s an anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) based on a derivation of testosterone. Turinabol is also known as 4-chlorodehydromethyltestosterone, DHCMT, and CDMT. Unlike many AAS, Turinabol is taken orally rather than injected.
The drug has a long and storied history in athletics, most famously being the drug of choice for the East German Olympic teams throughout the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, and is credited with leading the tiny nation of 17 million people to the podium of the Olympic medal leaderboards, competing directly with the USA and USSR.