UFC star Jon Jones’ backup sample also fails doping test

“I think it’s an interesting, fun fight”, White said.

The American can strike gold financially if she’s able to get by Nunes with a potential rematch against Ronda Rousey or Holm in the horizon. Tate (18-5) took the crown from Holly Holm in March on the McGregor-Diaz card.

Heavyweights Brock Lesnar and Mark Hunt serve as the co-main event.

Holt said CG Technology had booked around $250,000 on Cormier-Jones, and he estimated the main event would draw close to $700,000.

“The Spider” is perhaps the most successful fighter in UFC history.

Because UFC 200 is the biggest card in the organization’s history, UFC president Dana White had to do something to save face and he wanted to keep Cormier on the card.

“Miesha is the woman who beat the woman who beat the woman”. White said to Colin Cowherd, the host of “The Herd” on FS1. “It’s the right thing to do”.

Reporters were hurriedly summoned for the Wednesday session at MGM Grand. Forget doing it to us – why would you do this to yourself? Lesnar responded saying “I’m a white boy and I’m jacked”.

In an emotional scene captured by UFC cameras, Cormier stomped his foot twice and buried his head in his hands as White told him, lamenting the waste of extensive training and a lost purse. “There was a lot of interest in that fight, and there was a lot of interest in Cormier, with Jones really playing up the role of the bad guy lately”.

The 41-year-old Silva (33-7) was the middleweight champion for almost seven years.

Anderson Silva has not been in action since his shock defeat to Britain’s Michael Bisping at London’s O2 Arena back in February in a unanimous decision.

USADA said Friday in a statement that the “B” sample taken from Jones on June 16 also came back positive.

While the substances that landed Jones in the USADA doghouse are not yet public, the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight champion could face a lengthy two-year suspension.

He and his team vehemently denied that he had knowingly taken any substance in order to gain a performance-enhancing advantage, and immediately requested his B sample be tested.

Although Jones is widely considered the world’s best mixed martial artist, his career could be irreparably damaged after the latest major setback in a series of personal mistakes outside the cage. “I’m here to challenge myself”.

The madness resumes Saturday night local time.