Tag: Jorge Gonzalez

NAC changes Trevin Jones’ UFC on ESPN 15 win to no contest after positive marijuana test

The NAC has changed Trevin Jones’ comeback win vs. Timur Valiev to a no contest after a positive marijuana test.

The decision of [autotag]Trevin Jones[/autotag]’ UFC debut has been changed.

On Wednesday, the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) officially changed the decision of Jones’ UFC on ESPN 15 win over Timur Valiev to a “no contest. The change was made due to Jones (12-6 MMA, 0-0 UFC) testing positive for marijuana in connection with his Aug. 22 fight at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

In addition to overturning Jones’ win, the NAC suspended Jones four-and-a-half months and fined him $1,800. Before he is relicensed in Las Vegas, Jones will also have to pay a prosecution fee of $145.36.

The Aug. 22 matchup was one Jones took on days’ notice. Stepping in as the biggest underdog on the card across all major online sportsbooks, against a former World Series of Fighting standout in Valiev (16-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), Jones absorbed a large amount of punishment in Round 1.

In Round 2, Jones turned the tables on Valiev, flooring the Russian fighter with a right hand before finishing the fight with follow-up punches. The win earned him a $50,000 bonus for “Performance of the Night.”

Jones was not the only Zuffa fighter on the NAC’s agenda on Wednesday. UFC light heavyweight [autotag]Jorge Gonzalez[/autotag] was suspended 24 months, in conjunction with a previously accepted U.S. Anti-Doping Agency sanction.

Dana White’s Contender Series, Season 4 competitors [autotag]Chad Johnson[/autotag] (amphetamine), [autotag]Joe Pyfer[/autotag] (modulator metabolites), [autotag]Jose Flores[/autotag] (marijuana), and [autotag]Ty Flores[/autotag] (methylclostebol) also were addressed by the commission. No decision was reached on the four DWCS fighters, with hearings being tabled until a later date. All four fighters lost their respective DWCS bouts.

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Weight cut issues for Kenneth Bergh force cancellation of Jorge Gonzalez fight at UFC on ESPN 13

The Kenneth Bergh vs. Jorge Gonzalez bout has been removed from UFC on ESPN 13 after Norway’s Bergh suffered issues during his weight cut.

The light heavyweight bout between [autotag]Kenneth Bergh[/autotag] and [autotag]Jorge Gonzalez[/autotag] has been removed from the UFC on ESPN 13 card.

Norway’s Bergh (8-0-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who was scheduled to open up Wednesday’s card against Gonzalez at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, reportedly had issues during his weight cut and did not make it to the scale for the weigh-ins on Tuesday morning.

He was deemed unfit to continue cutting down to the 206-pound light heavyweight limit and, as a result, has been removed from the card. Gonzalez weighed in at 205 pounds, but their late-addition bout was subsequently scrapped.

MMA Junkie confirmed the news of the bout removal following an initial report from MMA Viking.

Norway’s Bergh picked up a first-round submission win over Antonio Trocoli at “Dana White’s Contender Series” in July 2019, but the result was overturned to a no-contest after he tested positive for a banned substance.

He went on to pick up two sub-60-second finishes later that year to earn his short-notice call-up to the UFC. But he will now have to wait before he gets to make his first walk to the octagon.

Winner of seven of his last eight, Gonzalez (16-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is coming off a first-round finish less than two weeks ago at Mexican promotion Ultimate Warrior Challenge.