Month: March 2019

Doctor Notes No Supporting Literature That Chokes in MMA Contribute to CTE

March 30, 2019

Last year a physician published a case study highlighting a mixed martial artist who developed CTE.  The physician suggested that in addition to brain trauma from strikes, frequent chokes in MMA could have played a role in the development of the disease.  More recently Dr. Samuel J. Stellpflug, a practitioner of Emergency Medicine in wrote … More Doctor Notes No Supporting Literature That Chokes in MMA Contribute to CTE

Vernon BC Lifts Professional MMA Ban Clearing Way For Sport’s Return to City

March 27, 2019

When British Columbia first legalized combat sports earlier this decade the Province allowed individual Cities to opt out of these sports and ban them in their jurisdiction.  Specifically section 59(f)(1) of BC’s Community Charter provided Cities with the power to pass bylaws that “prohibit professional boxing, professional wrestling and other professional athletic contests“ In 2014 the … More Vernon BC Lifts Professional MMA Ban Clearing Way For Sport’s Return to City

$80,000 Judgement for Commercial Piracy of Boxing Pay Per View Bout

March 19, 2019

Adding to this site’s archived case summaries of combat sports piracy judgements, reasons were released this week by the US District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division, assessing damages for the commercial piracy of a boxing pay per view program. In the recent case (J & J Sports Productions, Inc. v. Round DHA, LLC) the defendants displayed … More $80,000 Judgement for Commercial Piracy of Boxing Pay Per View Bout

Supplement Manufacturers Charged Criminally For Allegedly Selling Steroids

March 14, 2019

A pattern all too familiar in the world of anti-doping and combat sports is that of ‘tainted supplements’.  An athlete tests positive for a prohibited substance.  They deny wrongdoing and go through time money and effort to test all supplements they’ve ingested.  A culprit is found with a supplement containing the prohibited substance that is … More Supplement Manufacturers Charged Criminally For Allegedly Selling Steroids

Clomiphene Showing Similar “Pulsing” Problems As Turinabol

March 6, 2019

Earlier this week MMAFighting.com’s Marc Raimondi wrote an informative piece discussing the UFC’s Muslim Salikhov.  Salikhov tested positive on several occasions for M3, a long term metabolite of the prohibited substance Turinabol, but escaped punishment. The M3 metabolite’s claim to fame in MMA is its association with Jon Jones.  Jones tested positive for the metabolite … More Clomiphene Showing Similar “Pulsing” Problems As Turinabol