Alexander Gustafsson believes it’d be unfair if Jon Jones got immediate title shot upon UFC return

The saga of Jon Jones remains ongoing, but if the former UFC light heavyweight champion is cleared to return to active competition without major penalty, fellow 205-pound contender Alexander Gustafsson believes it would be unfair to throw Jones back into the UFC title mix without forcing the embattled American to work his way back up the divisional ladder.

“It wouldn’t be fair, giving him a title shot,” Gustafsson said Monday on The MMA Hour. “I’m not saying I’m going to get it. I’m just saying, after everything that happened, it’s not fair to other fighters too, who’ve been working their asses off and they’ve been fighting each other. So, not a title shot right away. Just give him a fun fight first and that’s it.”

Jones, 29, is currently serving a temporary suspension from the Nevada Athletic Commission while he awaits the outcome of his failed UFC 200 drug test.

Jones tested positive for Hydroxy-clomiphene, an anti-estrogenic agent, as well a Letrozole metabolite, an aromatase inhibitor, in a June 16 out-of-competition drug test conducted by USADA. The results of the test forced the UFC to remove Jones from the main event of UFC 200 …

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