UFC 187 COKE NOSE OUT, NOW CORMIER VS RUMBLE JOHNSON MAY 23

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FrontRowBrian® – ‏@ FrontRowBrian
LATEST ON JON JONES. is in custody in ABQ. 3 car accident.Ran red light. Allegedly under the influence. Jones ran from scene. Cocaine found
Take anything Front Row Brian says with a grain of salt, dude is wrong 8 out of 10 times. Made a name for himself being right a couple of times and "breaking" a couple of stories, but most of the stories he breaks turn out to be false. He's already on twitter back tracking saying Jones isn't in police custody.
 
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MMA Weekly has confirmed Jones is out of the fight though, nobody can confirm anything about the hit and run or the cocaine though.

Light Heavyweight Champ Jon Jones Out of UFC 187 Title Fight Against Anthony Johnson | MMAWeekly.com

Light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is out of his scheduled UFC 187 title fight against Anthony Johnson. Sources confirmed the development to MMAWeekly.com on Sunday.

Unconfirmed reports swirled on Sunday afternoon alleging that Jones was involved in a hit and run accident in Albuquerque on Saturday evening, although MMAWeekly was not able to confirm those reports.

The 27-year-old titleholder made headlines in January for failing an out-of-competition drug test for cocaine prior to his UFC 182 title fight against Daniel Cormier. He was fined $25,000 on January 17 for violating the UFC’s Athlete Code of Conduct policy stemming from the positive test result.

Jones holds the record for being the youngest fighter to win a UFC championship at the age of 23. He’s widely regarded as the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world and holds the record for the most consecutive title defenses in UFC light heavyweight history with eight.

UFC 187 takes place on May 23 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Jones was scheduled to headline the event.
 
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Ariel Helwani is saying people close to Jones haven't seen or heard from him in over 24 hours. Which is pretty crazy considering he's in the middle of camp for a world championship fight.


Ariel Helwani A @Ari elhelwani · 30m 30 minutes ago

All the closest sources I know to JBJ have not spoken to him in over 24 hours. Trying to weed fact from fiction, friends. Please standby.
 
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MMA Weekly retracted their statement and now updated it with confirmation that he was in a car accident and the bout is just in jeopardy now, not officially cancelled. Still haven't confirmed hit and run or drugs.

UPDATE: Light Heavyweight Champ Jon Jones Involved in Car Accident, UFC 187 Fight in Jeopardy | MMAWeekly.com

Light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was involved in a car accident and his UFC 187 title fight against Anthony Johnson is in jeopardy, MMAWeekly.com learned on Sunday.

UPDATE: MMAWeekly.com’s source originally indicated that the fight was off, but once the story was public they retracted their statement. Instead, the source then said Jones was involved in a car accident and his UFC 187 bout with Anthony Johnson is in jeopardy.

Unconfirmed reports swirled on Sunday afternoon alleging that Jones was involved in a hit-and-run accident in Albuquerque on Saturday evening, although MMAWeekly.com was not able to confirm those reports.

The 27-year-old titleholder made headlines in January for failing an out-of-competition drug test for cocaine prior to his UFC 182 title fight against Daniel Cormier. He was fined $25,000 on Jan. 17 for violating the UFC’s Athlete Code of Conduct policy stemming from the positive test result.

Jones holds the record for being the youngest fighter to win a UFC championship at the age of 23. He’s widely regarded as the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world and holds the record for the most consecutive title defenses in UFC light heavyweight history with eight.

UFC 187 is scheduled to take place on May 23 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.