‘He finally admitted it’… Jon Jones caught out by Daniel Cormier over failed steroid test in grudge fight

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‘He finally admitted it’… Jon Jones caught out by Daniel Cormier over failed steroid test in grudge fight

Originally posted on Bloody Elbow | By Donagh Corby | Last updated Apr 24, 2026 4:59 PM ET

Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones still can’t come to an agreement about what happened the night of their second fight.

The legendary pair of two-weight world champions fought in the main event of UFC 214 in July of 2017, with Jones scoring an iconic head kick knockout.

Such was the finality of the result that when Jones tested positive for an anabolic steroid named Turinabol and it was overturned, fans still considered it the definitive moment in their feud.

Nine years on, the pair are now coaching against each other on ALF Reality 3, and appear to dislike each other as much as ever.

Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier’s feud boils over in latest ALF Reality argument

During a recent segment on the ALF Reality series, Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones got into yet another dispute. The former accused the latter of cheating, recalling their rematch at UFC 214 that was overturned after a failed drugs test.

“How can Daniel suggest that someone can beat me when he couldn’t?” Jones asked as one argument got particularly heated. “Listen,” Cormier responded. “200cm height, eight years youth difference, still so insecure that he stuck a needle in his a–… Eight years younger!”

Cormier then joked that Jones didn’t inject the steroid into himself, but instead called veteran manager Abe Kawa to do it for him. He then claimed the show was rigged against him because the translator wouldn’t tell the fighters – who can’t speak English – what he had just said.

“Everything you say to insult me, they translate,” Cormier added, to which Jones simply replied ‘one head kick’. “I insult you, they don’t even f—ing translate! He won’t let them translate.”

Jones then noted that a year prior to their meeting that he had warned Cormier of a head kick, and was still able to land it. The UFC commentator then insisted that it was a lucky shot, adding that “a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then.”

At that point, Jones claimed that a number of men in the room with them have taken steroids. But he noted that “steroids don’t help you to protect against a head kick one year before it happens.”

Jones has historically sworn that he is innocent but the ruling stands and his UFC 214 with Cormier remains a no contest. Their first meeting at UFC 182 ended in a Unanimous Decision win for Jones.

This article first appeared on Bloody Elbow and was syndicated with permission.

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