Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been ordered to do three months of community service in addition to a 15-month suspension handed down Wednesday by a neutral arbitrator. In a prepared statement released after Jones’ (22-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) suspension was announced, the California State Athletic Commission called the punishment “agreeable, in concept.” But CSAC executive director Andy Foster told MMAjunkie Thursday that the commission expected an 18-month term and added the community service to close the gap. It’s not yet decided when Jones needs to complete his community service, Foster added. Jones, 31, went before the CSAC in February to answer for a failed drug test at UFC 214 in Anaheim, where he knocked out Daniel Cormier to win back the light heavyweight title. Before the commission, which regulated the event, Jones claimed he didn’t knowingly take an oral steroid found in his system, but he didn’t dispute the commission’s findings. Despite an impassioned defense, the commission subsequently revoked his fight license, fined him $205,000 and overturned his win against Cormier
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Jon Jones gets three months’ community service from CSAC following USADA suspension – MMA Junkie