Adding to this site’s archived case summaries of UFC Pay Per View piracy prosecutions, reasons for judgement were released recently by the US District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division granting default judgement and assessing damages following the commercial piracy of UFC 155. In the recent case (Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. v. Menendez) the Defendant displayed … More UFC 155 Piracy Leads to $4,300 Damage Assessment
The New York State Athletic Commission, a regulator whose powers have been greatly expanded through recent legislative overhaul of New York’s combat sports landscape, has come under harsh criticism by Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott. Scott, who was tasked with scrutinizing the NYSAC after a heavyweight boxer sustained a brain injury in a 2013 bout at … More Inspector General Slams New York State Athletic Commission
Adding to this site’s archived case summaries involving UFC PPV piracy awards, reasons for judgement were released this week by the US District Court, ND Indiana, Hammond Division, assessing damages following the commercial piracy of UFC 168. In this week’s case (Joe Hand Promotions, Inc v. Chapman) the Defendant displayed UFC 168 at a Lounge … More Court Strikes Sensible Balance in UFC Piracy Case
(Update July 23, 2106 – Using this spreadsheet documenting reported MMA PED test failures to date, I reviewed all in-competition test failures. The data reveals that athletes using prohibited substances in-competition won 45 times and lost 65 times. Removing the marijuana tests from the equation skews the results a little but caught PED using athletes … More Let’s Talk Steroids, Science and Dangers in Combat Sports
Last year the California State Athletic Commission fined Alexander Shlemenko and handed him a three year suspension after “testing positive for steroids”. As previously reported the regulatory hearing left much to be desired from a perspective of due process and objective fairness. Shlemenko judicially reviewed the CSAC’s decision and in part succeeded by having his fine … More Shlemenko Doping Penalties Reduced – Full Judicial Reasons
update – The below rules passed but the word Damage was replaced with Impact to appease objections from some commissions. ________________________ As first reported by MMAFighting’s Marc Raimondi, the Association of Boxing Commission’s rules and regulations committee has released their proposed changes to MMA’s judging criteria. These make it clear that, in a word, damage … More Damage, Damage, Damage. New MMA Rules To Tell it Like it Is
Today I had the pleasure of making an appearance on the Fight Network’s MMA Meltdown with Gabriel Morency discussing some of the latest legal topics in combat sports. You can find the full interview here: I’d like to thank Gabriel for having me as a guest. For those of you visiting here for the first time after listening welcome! … More Welcome Fight Network Viewers!
The UFC controversially used their discretion to waive the 4 month US Anti Doping Agency testing period for un-retiring athletes when Brock Lesnar returned for UFC 200. Lesnar then reportedly failed 2 anti-doping tests in connection with the bout. This has led to fallout on several fronts including calls by Lesnar’s opponent, Mark Hunt, to … More UFC Stalls New Fighter Emil Meek With 4 Month Testing Period
As reported by MixedMartialArts.com, the UFC has released Mirko “CroCop” Filipovic. Filipovic admitted to out of competition use of HGH shortly after being subject to USADA testing and earned the distinction of being the first fighter to be sanctioned under the UFC’s/USADA anti doping regime. USADA hit Filipovic with a 2 year period of “ineligibility”. Interestingly, the … More Why Cro-Cop’s UFC Release Allows Him To Scoff at USADA’s 2 Year Ban
The MMA Fighters Association, an organization which has struggled in securing the public support of active UFC stars may have just found their most high profile spokesman thanks to an unusual source; performance enhancing drugs. In the wake of a $4 Billion sale, many fighters have been questioning their perceived value. Movement for organization has … More “I Mean Shucks…” Mark Hunt Ready to Spearhead MMA Fighters Association
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