Jon Jones, Brock Lesnar facing potential shorter suspensions from USADA

Things are slowly beginning to look up for Jon Jones and Brock Lesnar.

According to the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s policy, both fighters are facing a maximum one-year suspension for their recent failed drug tests, not the usual two-year ban.

The reason for the shorter suspension is because the banned substances the pair tested positive for — Hydroxy-clomiphene, an anti-estrogenic agent, as well the Letrozole metabolite, an aromatase inhibitor, which was only found in Jones’ system — are considered “specified substances” under the World Anti-Doping Agency Code.

Per the WADA Code, “there is a greater likelihood that these (specified) substances could be susceptible to a credible non-doping explanation.” When it comes to specified substances, the WADA Code recognizes that it is possible for a prohibited substance to enter an athlete’s body …

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