Jon Jones was hammered with a heavy fine and license revocation after a hearing before the California State Athletic Commission on Tuesday.

Jones will be forced to pay $205,000 in fines — 40 percent of his $500,000 purse for UFC 214 — plus license revocation in the state of California. Jones could technically reapply for another license as early as Aug. 28, but the commission also deferred to USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency), who could still hand down a lengthy suspension based on the positive drug test.

Jones could be suspended by USADA for up to four years for a second offense of the UFC's anti-doping policy following a previous suspension in 2016.

Jones appeared before the California State Athletic Commission on Tuesday in Anaheim, CA, to answer for a positive drug test for turinabol, an anabolic steroid, from July 28 — one day prior to his fight with Daniel Cormier at UFC 214 in Anaheim. 

Jones originally won that fight by knockout but once the positive drug test returned the California Commission immediately overturned the decision to a no contest and the UFC stripped him of the light heavyweight title.

At the meeting, Jones appeared alongside his attorney, Howard Jones, as well as his manager, Malki Kawa, for the hearing in which the commission decided on his punishment for the positive drug test.

Both Daniel Eichner, who is the executive director of the Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory, which is the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited lab in Utah and Paul Scott, president of Scott Analytics, gave testimony about the positive drug test that returned for turinabol.

Scott was the same anti-doping expert called by attorney Howard Jacobs when Anderson Silva tested positive for a banned substance back in 2015. Jacobs received criticism from the Nevada State Athletic Commission for his testimony with no evidence to back up his claims.

It was clear from the testimony that Jones' team was attempting to prove that he was a victim of a contaminated substance, but the defense was unable to find any supplement taken by the former champion that tested positive for turinabol.

Jones also testified at the hearing. He claimed innocence several times but he could provide no evidence that suggested that he was the victim of a contaminated substance.

"I'm very aware of my image and the perception of me. I'm working really hard to change it," Jones said during the hearing. "I have no clue how this happened. I'm just trying to figure it out like everybody else.

"I did not do steroids. I swear to my heavenly father that I am not wrong. I swear on everything."

Despite Jones' proclamation of innocence, Commissioner Martha Shen-Urquidez feverishly questioned Jones about his previous doping violation that ended with a one-year suspension as well as his previous legal issues, including a hit-and-run accident in 2015.

In addition to that line of questioning, Shen-Urquidez got Jones to admit under oath that he never personally completed USADA tutorials that were required of him. Instead, Jones admitted that his management team handled all of that while also forging his signature on documents returned to USADA.

After nearly three hours of testimony, California State Athletic Commission executive director Andy Foster gave his recommendation for punishment: a fine of 40 percent of Jones' purse for his fight at UFC 214, which was $500,000. Foster also recommended two more $2,500 fines, including one for being a detriment to the sport of mixed martial arts.

Foster then recommended the revocation of Jones' license.

The commission voted unanimously to approve the sanctions. Now Jones' fate lies in the hands of USADA, which will ultimately determine when he will be eligible to return to action after it reaches an agreement on a sanction for this latest infraction of the UFC's anti-doping policy.

By Damon Martin