Today reasons dismissing Mark Hunt’s doping lawsuit against the UFC, Dana White and Brock Lesnar were published (HT MMAJunkie). The suit stemmed from Hunt’s bout against Lesnar in 2016 at UFC 200. Lesnar tested positive for a banned substance which led Hunt to sue the various parties. The lawsuit was dismissed previously but on appeal … More Mark Hunt UFC Doping Lawsuit Dismissed
Last week I had the pleasure to appear on MyMMANews and had a great chat with James Lynch about the UFC antitrust lawsuit, its certification, and its potential impact on the landscape. Here it is in full.
Earlier this year One Championship held an event in Colorado under their ‘global’ ruleset. The main difference with these compared to the “unified” rules is allowing knees to the head of grounded opponents. Colorado cleared the way for the use of alternate MMA rulesets in 2021. I obtained a full copy of the approved rules … More ABC Leans On Colorado To Disavow ONE’s “Global” MMA Ruleset
This week a research article was published by the European Society in Medicine calling for better brain health awareness in sport. In short the neurosurgeon author discussed the inherent vulnerability of the brain to repeated subconcussive impact, its ties to dementia and CTE and the need for better education in sport about this blunt reality … More Neurosurgeon Calls for Better Brain Health Education in Sport
This week a study was published at the National Library of Medicine discussion and contrasting eye injury rates in Boxing and MMA. The authors reviewed data from the Nevada Athletic Commission for Boxing and MMA bouts for a 20 year period form 2000-2020. In short they found that boxing had higher eye injury rates than … More Study – Eye Injury Rates in Boxing and MMA
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