The Mixed Martial Arts Fighters Association, led by lawyer Robert Maysey, has been working for almost a decade to provide a unified voice to seek reforms to benefit professional fighters. I have been advised that yesterday, at the annual Association of Boxing Commissions meeting in San Diego, it was announced that the MMAFA has now … More MMA Fighters Association Get Backing From Teamsters Union
This week Zuffa, parent company of the UFC, has sued Wanderlei Silva alleging defamation and business disparagement. In short, the lawsuit highlights a host of critical comments Silva made about the UFC and specifically points to comments of alleged fixed fights as crossing the line. The full claim can be found here – Zuffa Lawsuit Wanderlei … More Zuffa Sues Wanderlei Silva Alleging Defamation and Business Disparagement
Earlier this year when the above video of what appeared to be a significant mismatch at the XPlode Fight Series made the rounds on the internet Suzanne Davis (whom I only have the pleasure of knowing via her twitter handle @SoozieCuzie) decided to do some digging into the quality of matchmaking of this MMA organization. … More Not All MMA Records Are Created Equally
Today a Federal Court Judge in Nevada dismissed Zuffa’s attempts to delay their discovery obligations in the multiple anti trust lawsuits facing the MMA industry leading UFC. Zuffa was hoping to stall their obligations until their motion to dismiss the lawsuit is heard but the Court refused to do so. With Zuffa being forced to open … More Zuffa Loses Bid To Delay Discovery Obligations in Anti Trust Lawsuits
This weekend the Association of Boxing Commissions is having their annual meeting in San Diego. The agenda items will include discussions about bare knuckle boxing (perhaps somewhat counter-intuitively bare knuckle fighting can give rise to less brain trauma) malpractice coverage for officials drug testing chain of custody issues MMA rules developments concussions team MMA These … More Association of Boxing Commissions Annual Meeting Underway this Weekend
When the UFC came to Halifax in October, 2014, the promotions first and so far only event in Nova Scotia, a host of regulatory issues arose. First the Nova Scotia Boxing Authority, the entity which has legal jurisdiction to regulate ‘combat sports’ in the Province, turned a blind eye to their regulations for the UFC. … More Nova Scotia’s Reported Bungled PED Suspension Following UFC Fight Night 54
Adding to this site’s archives canvassing safety studies in combat sports, two studies were published this month in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The first addressed injury rates in elite level amateur boxing. The second addressed the impact performance of various headgear. The first study titled “Boxing Injury Epidemiology in the Great Britain Team” … More Studies Published Addressing Boxing Injury Rates and Headgear Effectiveness
This week Koloni, Reklam, Sanayi, Tigater LTD, a minority shareholder of Bellator Sport Worldwide LLC, sued the company’s majority owner in the Superior Court of California. The lawsuit alleges that since December 2011, when Viacom purchased a controlling interest in the company, the media giant has failed to provide the plaintiff with … More Minority Bellator Shareholder Sues Viacom Alleging Diverted Income
Zuffa is attempting to delay their obligations for discovery in the UFC Anti Trust Lawsuits until after their motion to dismiss the claims is heard. Reasons for judgement were released this week by Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen scheduling July 28th as the hearing date for this motion with the Court noting as follows – PEGGY … More Zuffa Motion to Stay Discovery Scheduled for July 28, 2015
The UFC was quick to put rumours to rest that the heavily marketed featherweight championship bout between Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor was at risk after word came out that Aldo may have suffered a broken rib while training. The UFC assured the public that they had “received official medical confirmation from several doctors that … More Jose Aldo’s Broken Rib and Lessons from the NFL Concussion Lawsuit for the UFC
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