Update June 2, 2017 – today the NYSAC rejected Anthony Johnson’s disciplinary complaint against Cormier.  It is worth noting that they have overhauled their weigh in rules since the Cormier incident.  The NYSAC’s full letter denying Johnson’s request can be found here (courtesy of Marc Raimondi) ______________________________________________ This morning some controversy arose during Daniel Cormier’s … More Legal Breakdown of Daniel Cormier Weigh in Controversy

Today the World Anti Doping Agency published their 2015 Anti-Doping  Rule Violations (“ADRV”) Report.  The full report can be found here. Combative sports only made up 2 of the top 10 sports with the most anti-doping rule violations.  Specifically boxing and wrestling placed 8th and 9th on the list. Of the overall adverse samples, 65% resulted in … More WADA’s 2015 Statistics Shed Light on Doping in Combat Sports

Today the US Anti Doping Agency announced that they have sanctioned Leonardo Pires Nogueira for testing positive for Clomiphene at the 2016 World Jiu-Jitsu Championships held in Long Beach, California. The event was organized by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF). IBJJF contracted with USADA to conduct anti doping testing at the event.  Below is the … More BJJ Competitor Handed Two Year Ban for Doping

In March of 2014 Dennis Munson Jr. died in his debut, unregulated, amateur kickboxing bout in Wisconsin.  At the time the State did not regulate the sport. Munson’s family has, as first reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a host of parties involved in organizing and overseeing the bout … More Legal Keys in the Dennis Munson Jr. Kickboxing Wrongful Death Lawsuit

A typical narrative seen in commercial Pay Per View piracy litigation is a Plaintiff seeking substantial damages disproportionate to any harm caused to them with Courts rarely awarding the hefty damages sought. In a sensible judgement released earlier this month the US District Court, D. New Jersey struck a reasonable position in awarding a total … More UFC 183 Piracy Leads to $5,411 Judgement

It is well understood that the UFC-USADA custom tailored anti-doping policy (“ADP”) generally prohibits Intravenous Infusions.  What is not quite as well understood are the exceptions to this rule and the need to comply with overlapping regulatory requirements. After UFC 209 it was revealed that Alistair Overeem used an IV prior to his bout against … More Legal Breakdown of Alistair Overeem’s UFC 209 IV Use

Earlier this year Mark Hunt sued UFC parent company Zuffa, Dana White and Brock Lesnar alleging a host of causes of action namely Unlawful Racketeering in violation of Federal law Unlawful Racketeering in violation of Nevada state law Fraud Obtaining Hunt’s Services (to fight Lesnar) under false pretenses Breach of Contract Breach of Covenant of … More UFC – Mark Hunt Doping Lawsuit “Fatally Defective”