Jon Jones should be banned for life from MMA: Michael Bisping

Bengaluru, September 13: The UFC middleweight champion, Michael Bisping believes fellow UFC athlete and light heavyweight champ Jon Jones should be banned for life.

Bisping said on the SI Now digital series that Jones should face a lifetime ban from the MMA after it was earlier confirmed that the current UFC light heavyweight champion tested positive for performance-enhancement drug.

"I believe so," Bisping said on Jones' potential ban. "If you have a history of taking performance-enhancing drugs, there's no place for it. This is a vicious sport. It's not for everybody.

"We're not trying to put a ball into a basket, we're trying to - you can dress it up however you want - we're trying to beat our opponents, either into submission or knock them out. Performance-enhancing drugs have no place in this sport."

Jones tested positive in a sample collected in relation to his UFC 214 title fight with Daniel Cormier in July for the steroid Turinabol. Jones indeed went on to beat Cormier by third-round TKO to regain the title he claimed he never lost.

Jon "Bones" faces a four-year suspension as a repeat offender from USADA and additional sanctions from the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC), which also has jurisdiction over the case.

Jones' team has said that he may have taken the banned steroid without his knowledge and implied that he most likely ingested the substance by accident through a tainted supplement.

Bisping also said things for Jones are not looking great right now and we will have to wait the outcome of the current issue.

"Yes, outside of the Octagon he's made some very, very bad decisions," Bisping said.

"And unfortunately this is one that isn't gonna go away for a long time. I think he's looking at a four-year suspension. And it's fair to say there's no smoke without fire. This isn't his first time. So, I guess we're gonna see how this thing unfolds, but it's not looking good."

Bisping said, Jones, one of the best fighters of all time may have tarnished his own legacy with all this drama and fears how the fans will remember him from now.

"I think it's fair to say that he has definitely tarnished his legacy," Jones said. "I think he will always be remembered for the stunning performances that he put on. When he first broke into the UFC, he was incredible. Absolutely unstoppable."

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