Adding to this site’s archived posts addressing combat sports piracy, reasons for judgement were released recently by the US District Court, D. Arizona, assessing damages at $1,000 for the commercial piracy of UFC 172. In the recent case (Joe Hand Promotions, Inc v. Sizemore) the Defendants displayed UFC 172 in a commercial establishment without paying … More $1,000 in Damages Awarded for UFC 172 Piracy
In the latest chapter of Mark Hunt’s continued displeasure after facing a series of heavyweight opponents who have been proven or alleged to be on performance enhancing drugs, the fighter has hired legal counsel who is questioning whether the UFC has engaged in actionable racketeering when it comes to doping in the sport. Hunt has … More Mark Hunt’s Lawyer Exploring Potential Racketeering Lawsuit for UFC Doping
Today I had the pleasure of appearing as a guest on Serius XM’s The Luke Thomas Show along with Bellator light heavyweight champion Liam McGeary. For those of you that missed the episode in full here is a partial clip of the interview: For those of you visiting this site for the first time, welcome! … More Welcome Luke Thomas Show Listeners
While Mixed Martial Arts are not legal everywhere and the rules do vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction in the last 20 plus years a refining of rules have occurred and the so-called “unified rules” of MMA are common throughout most US, Canadian and other jurisdictions. France has gone against the grain, however, and announced regulations … More France Severely Restricts Striking Techniques in MMA
For those who study safety issues in combative and contact sports a useful article was published in the latest edition of Neurotrauma and Critical Care News discussing the state of science connecting CTE and other brain injury to contact sports. The article, titled “Head Impacts in Contact Sports and Long-Term Brain Degeneration” offers an easy to … More Neurotrauma Journal Discusses Head Impacts in Sports and Brain Degeneration
Adding to MMA’s ever growing doping list, Brazil’s MMA Athletic Commission(CABMMA) announced 7 positive anti-doping violations spanning from March – May 2016. The following chart was released detailing the violations in Portuguese (h/t Joe Seatter) Which, crudely translated into English via Google, reads as follows
The International Mixed Martial Arts Association announced a 4 year ban handed to an athlete for an anti-doping violation. In a press release published yesterday the IMMAF reports as follows: An independent tribunal appointed by the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) has found that Ms Jamie Herrington from Canada, (Gold Medallist in the 145lb … More Amateur MMA Athlete Handed 4 Year Doping Ban
Update December 8, 2016 – today it is reported that Jones and the NAC reached a deal where he will receive a one year suspension which coincides with the punishment he received from USADA. __________________________________ It is reported that Jon Jones, who was pulled from UFC 200 days before his bout with Daniel Cormier due … More Jon Jones vs. the NAC and USADA’s “Concurrent Jurisdiction”
CTE is a part of combat sports. In fact the disease, which used to be called dementia pugilistica (ie “punch drunk”) has its origins traced back to boxing. MMA is not immune from CTE. It is a real risk. Several athletes likely have the disease with fighters such as Gary Goodridge being diagnosed with CTE … More MMA Has First Proven Case of CTE
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: As always I’d like to thank Gabriel for having me as a guest. For those of you visiting here for the first time after listening … More Talking GSP, Contracts, Negotiation and Litigation on The Fight Network
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