Month: March 2024

Shedding Light on PFL Contract Terms

March 25, 2024

Litigation has probably been the best tool to shed light on contract terms of various MMA promotions. Recently a PFL contract made its way into the public sphere as a result of this (HT to Elthon Costa for first breaking this news). By way of background a fighter and the promotion were involved in a … More Shedding Light on PFL Contract Terms

Declining Postural Balance “Significantly Associated” With Suspected CTE in Fighters

March 1, 2024

Presently CTE can only be diagnosed after death. But there are criteria for diagnosing suspected CTE in the living which is useful for research and other purposes. It is called Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome “TES”. A recent study was published researching athletes with and without TES and seeing how they performed on double leg balance testing. … More Declining Postural Balance “Significantly Associated” With Suspected CTE in Fighters