UFC's Jon Jones gets one-year doping ban

UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been given a one-year ban for doping after an arbitration panel denied his appeal over a positive test.

Widely considered the world's best pound-for-pound fighter, Jones was withdrawn from a July bout against Daniel Cormier shortly after the test results.

Jones claimed to have taken a sexual-enhancement pill but ended up testing positive for two banned anti-estrogen agents.

The US Anti-Doping Agency, which handles UFC testing, declared Jones ineligible.

He took the case to arbitration and that panel delivered the maximum one-year suspension, saying Jones' "degree of fault verged on the reckless."

Jones is eligible again on July 7, 2017.