The mixed martial arts (MMA) world got sent into a tailspin on Wednesday night (July 6, 2016) when news surfaced that Jon Jones had been yanked from the UFC 200 main event because of a potential USADA anti-doping violation. A teary-eyed Jones then held a press conference of his own on Thursday morning to maintain his innocence and apologize for standing up Daniel Cormier -- and fight fans around the world -- on the eve of the landmark card.

UFC Hall of Famer and former Light Heavyweight champion, Chuck Liddell, who has had issues with Jones before (here and here) won't be offering his sympathy any time soon.

"Don't be crying, you know you took something," Liddell told MMAMania on Friday. "Really? I mean, 'Someone slipped it in my drink. It must've been one of the supplements I was taking.' At this level you didn't check the supplements you were taking and make sure they were cleared? I had my own supplements. I made sure they were cleared. I used to go make sure they were cleared by Nevada State Athletic Commission when I was fighting. I wasn't taking anything that might jeopardize me getting in trouble for a fight. Crying? You chose to take something. You got caught. Are you crying because you got caught or are you crying because you feel bad? What? I don't get it. He's his own worst enemy. He can't stay out of trouble."

Liddell, 46, is no stranger to seeing fighters flush their respective careers down the drain. He began his career in 1998 and fought until 2010 and has seen all there is to see as far as the fight game is concerned. But, the former champion said he's never seen a fighter as talented as Jones continue to submarine his own career the way he has.

"At his level, no," said Liddell, who is in Las Vegas this week along with cast members of the hit show "Kingdom" -- on the Spanish steps of Caesars Palace-- to promote the AT&T Audience Network MMA drama with the interactive fan footprint "Kingdom Korner."

"I've seen quite a few guys down on the lower end that are very self destructive, but just don't quite make it to where he made it," he continued. "He made it to the top and imploded. Maybe he just couldn't handle it. I don't know. It's just one of those things. He needs to reevaluate what he wants to do and either decide to start making the right choices and good choices and try to mount a comeback or just let it go and do something else."

Since UFC brought in The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) to handle all the drug testing for the promotion, plenty of marquee fighters have been suspended since last July, which is when the new testing regimen officially began. "The Iceman" completely agrees with how the testing is administered and thinks it's the way that it should be done.

"It's one of those things, if you are going to do it, if you are going to drug test, you should do it this way," he said. "You should do whatever you can to catch everyone. You should deter people. If you want to clean up any sport, you need to do it in a way that makes it's hard to not get caught and if you do get caught you need to punished them severely. You start losing two years and guys will think maybe it's not worth it. Maybe it's not worth trying to get that little extra boost or whatever it is you were trying to do. You get guys to actually think about it and make good choices. Think about consequences when you do something."

Liddell said he's a big fan of "Kingdom," which first aired in 2014 and stars Frank Grillo, Jonathan Tucker and Nick Jonas, saying the gritty drama "brings back old memories" like collecting money from shady promoters in hotel rooms. "The old days were a lot of fun," he said.

"Kingdom" has just been green lit for a third season and has garnered a ton of acclaim from viewers and fans of MMA for layering a stylized drama over an extremely realistic look at the sport. Retired UFC fighter Joe Stevenson works behind the scenes of the show as a fight choreographer and trainer, and long-time coach, Greg Jackson as a technical consultant to aid with the nuances and detail and over the course of two seasons it has proven to be a recipe for success.

Liddell thinks the show accurately portrays the sport in storyline and in regards to fight scenes, training and also weight cutting.

"The fight scenes are choreographed good. And some of the culture stuff too. Guys with different weight cutting personalities. Guys like, 'Hey, it's part of your job. You want to do this shit? Suck it up.' Other guys are crying, 'I don't want to do this.' You have those guys. I've sat outside and locked a guy in the sauna before. You're not coming out for 30 minutes. Lay down. I'm sorry. You said you were making this weight. You are making it. I have zero tolerance for not making weight. It's fun to watch that show. Fight fans should watch it. Check it out. It just got green lit for a third season. DVR it and see all the seasons. It's a fun watch. It's a little rough if you haven't' seen it, but it is what it is. It makes for everything."

Will Liddell be making an appearance next season?

"Well, we haven't talked about that yet, but yeah, it would be fun," he said. "I'd be more than happy to do it. I'd have a good time doing it."

"How about as a shady promoter instead of a fighter or coach?" he was asked.

"That would be fun," he chuckled. It would be fun to do something different."

"Kingdom" airs Wednesday nights exclusively on AT&T's Audience Network on DIRECTV and U-verse.*DIRECTV Ch 239 and U-verse Ch 1114