Jon Jones’ manager was slated to walk away with the biggest payday in UFC history before being removed from UFC 200.

It’s no secret this past weekend will forever go down as one the wildest in mixed martial arts history.

On Wednesday morning, the world thought they were only a few days away from witness the rematch between former champion Jon Jones and reigning UFC champion Daniel Cormier at UFC 200.

Flash forward just a few hours and we have UFC President Dana White is dropping a bombshell by revealing Jones had flagged for a potential violation stemming from a drug test administered by USADA on June 16.

As a result, the UFC was forced to pull the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world from the highly anticipated fight, sending shocking shock waves through the MMA community.

A teary eyed and remorseful Jones would later face the media at a press conference, where both he and his manager Malki Kawa vehemently denied knowingly taking any illegal substances. It was as surreal scene as earlier in the day fans saw a jovial Jones cracking jokes and smiling during a pre-fight press conference. Little did his know, the floor was about to ripped out from under him

“Everybody was just excited, we’re going through fight week,” said Kawa during an appearance on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “Things are going as planned, everything is great, the weight cut is awesome, he’s in great spirits, the team is fired up, everybody is around him, we’re doing our thing, and basically I walk out into the hallway and have to break the news to everybody that we’re not fighting. It went from excitement to as if I told somebody that somebody died. It was that quiet.

“It was heartbreaking. It was really heartbreaking, because you tell him this and he’s looking at me like, ‘what are you talking about?’ He thought that it couldn’t be for real. This can’t happening. The team thought the same thing.

With no opponent for Cormier, UFC officials quickly sought out fighter willing to take the bout on just two days notice. In stepped former middleweight champion and all-time great Anderson Silva, guaranteeing Cormier a paycheck.

Too bad the same couldn’t be said for Jones, who, according to Kawa, was slated to pocket one of the biggest fight purses in UFC history before being removed from card.

“You’re talking about an eight-figure payday,” said Kawa. “Eight figures. Conor [McGregor] can talk about whatever he gets and all of that, Jon is by far the highest paid guy in the UFC, and the numbers that were shown that day for everybody from Brock [Lesnar] and the way down, Jon was making more than all of that.

“So for me, we lost out on an eight-figure payday, including myself. I wasn’t going to make eight figures, but I was going to get a percentage of that. The team was going to get a percentage of that. If you think that by any chance I’m going to sit here and be like, ‘hey man, take this supplement,’ then I’m just as stupid as the people who think that I’m an enabler.”

If found guilty by USADA, Jones faces a potential two-year suspension as well as a punishment handed down from the Nevada Athletic Commission.