With his UFC 172 bout with Glover Teixeira looming, light heavyweight champion Jon Jones received a surprise drug test from the Maryland State Athletic Commission at today’s Jackson-Winkeljohn media day in Albuquerque, N.M. “The Maryland Commission sent a lab to drug test me and I’m glad they did,” Jones told Ariel Helwani on the most recent edition of FOX Sports 1’s “UFC Tonight.” “It was urine and blood. They had a test for HGH, I think it was HGH, then they had a urine test that detects all other type of stuff.” MMAjunkie subsequently confirmed with Teixeira’s camp that the challenger also submitted a sample for the same battery of tests. According to Jones, the random testing was the result of a request from his management team, who felt it was a good chance to clear his name of any foul play ahead of the April 26 championship bout from Baltimore Arena. “It was something me and my management team asked for several months ago,” Jones said. “We thought it would be great to make sure everyone was playing fair in this fight
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