Apr 26, 2014; Baltimore, MD, USA; Joe Rogan interviews Jon Jones after the UFC light heavy weight championship fight against Glover Teixeria at Baltimore Arena. Jones retained the light heavy weight championship by defeating Teixeria.
Apr 26, 2014; Baltimore, MD, USA; Joe Rogan interviews Jon Jones after the UFC light heavy weight championship fight against Glover Teixeria at Baltimore Arena. Jones retained the light heavy weight championship by defeating Teixeria. REUTERS

Jon Jones has been fined $25,000 for violating the UFC code of conduct after he tested positive for taking cocaine by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. The UFC light heavyweight champion was fined on Saturday after he tested positive for the main metabolite of cocaine before his fight against Daniel Cormier on January 3.

Jones was allowed to push through with his fight because cocaine is not included in the out-of-competition substances under the rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency. Although cocaine is illegal from an ordinary citizen standpoint, cocaine use is fine in the standards of an athletic commission as long as it is not taken on the day of the fight. In other words, as long as the drug is not traceable in urine, which takes 72 to 96 hours, a fighter will be allowed to fight.

Two days after his victory, Jon Jones released an official statement to Yahoo Sports announcing that he failed the drug test and that he'll enter a drug rehabilitation facility in New Mexico. UFC President Dana White revealed that there is more to the story but he said that he does not want to speak for Jones and said that Jones will explain himself in public in the future.

"The UFC came to this decision after reviewing the facts surrounding the issue, and after receiving confirmation from the Nevada Athletic Commission that Jones passed all required drug tests following his bout at UFC 182 on Jan. 3," UFC officials stated in a press release.

According to his mother, Jones spent one night at a drug rehabilitation facility, where he checked himself after his UFC 182 victory. In a recent interview with Fox 1, the UFC champion revealed that the whole incident was a really embarrassing situation. He claimed that he is not going to blame his friends, pressure or stress rather, he confessed that he messed up. He further said that what he did was a really dumb decision but he revealed that he is not a cocaine addict.

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