Jon Jones claims Nate Diaz is ‘stoned’ after UFC star accused heavyweight of taking steroids in deleted tweet

JON JONES claimed Nate Diaz was “stoned” when he accused him on Twitter of taking steroids.

The two UFC stars have been locked in a war of words since Diaz claimed he was the “real GOAT”.

In response on social media, light heavyweight champion Jones said: “Now this guy’s the GOAT? This is just starting to get ridiculous.”

Diaz hit back at the 32-year-old by making reference to the drug bans that he has faced during his career – but then deleted the tweet.

Alongside an emoji of a syringe, he wrote: “No one’s gonna remember your fights.”

Jones replied: “Oh the he dumb things we say when we are stoned, stop Nate.”

In 2015, Jones failed a drug test after testing positive for benzoylecgonine.

And in 2016 he was suspended for a year after testing positive for two banned substances – clomiphene and letrozole.

But he protested his innocence and claimed the failed test was probably down to “d*** pills” he takes to enhance his love life.

At a press conference, he joked: “I have been in the UFC many, many years, and I have taken sex pills several times throughout my adult life.

“[I] Highly recommend it, guys. [It’s] f****** great. It’s awesome.”

In 2017, he had to hand over his UFC light heavyweight title after testing positive for the steroid Turinabol.

The feud between Diaz and Jones started after Conor McGregor made a list of “MMA GOATs” on Twitter.