Month: October 2018

Study – MMA Fighters Remain Compromised 24 Hours After Rapid Extreme Weight Cuts

October 21, 2018

Adding to this site’s archives of combative sports safety studies, a study was recently published in the Journal of the American Society of Exercise Physiologists shedding more light on the physical compromises associated with rapid extreme weight cutting in combat sports. In the recent article, titled “Physiological Function is Not Fully Regained With 24 Hours of Rapid … More Study – MMA Fighters Remain Compromised 24 Hours After Rapid Extreme Weight Cuts

In Wake of Legalization the UFC’s Elias Theodorou Calls for Cannabis Therapeutic Exemptions

October 18, 2018

Today cannabis became legal across Canada for recreational use.  For years before it has also been legal for medicinal purposes.  Despite changing attitudes and laws cannabis remains a banned substance in competition by many State and Provincial Athletic Commissions.  The World Anti Doping Agency removed alcohol and CBD from their prohibited list in 2018.   THC, … More In Wake of Legalization the UFC’s Elias Theodorou Calls for Cannabis Therapeutic Exemptions

WBO Diverts Lawsuit Alleging Ali Act Violations Into Arbitration

October 16, 2018

Update July, 2020 – Earlier this month the First Circuit Court of Appeal overturned this result finding the WBO’s arbitrator selection clause is invalid and remanded the case back to the District Court who are to determine whether the invalid arbitrator selection clause is severable from the remainder of the mandatory arbitration provisions. On the … More WBO Diverts Lawsuit Alleging Ali Act Violations Into Arbitration