Adding to this site’s archived cases of UFC pay per view event piracy prosecutions, reasons for judgement were released this month assessing damages at $4,800 for the commercial piracy of UFC 119. In the recent case (Joe Hand Promotions, Inc v. Tickle) the Defendant operated a small restaurant and pub which displayed UFC 119 without … More Piracy of UFC 119 Leads to $4,800 Damage Assessment
In my ongoing effort to highlight safety studies addressing combative sports, a recent study was published in the Journal of Physical Medicine Science studying dehydration and skeletal muscle damage in elite wrestlers. The study involved seventy-two elite wrestlers who participated in the Turkish Wrestling Championship and revealed that dehydrated wrestlers suffered from higher level of … More Study – Dehydrated Wrestlers Suffer Increased Skeletal Muscle Damage
Update June 10, 2016 – Tim Means accepted the anti-doping policy violation and a 6 month sanction. USADA provided the following press release USADA announced today that UFC athlete, Tim Means, of Edgewood, N.M., has accepted a 6-month sanction for an anti-doping policy violation after testing positive for a prohibited substance from a contaminated supplement. … More Tim Means’ “Tainted Supplement” Defence and the UFC’s Anti Doping Policy
A scheduled bout for the vacant World Series of Fighting welterweight championship has apparently been derailed as a result of the promotion’s contractual champion’s clause. MMAFighting’s Dave Doyle reports that after WSOF president Ray Sefo announced the planned bout between Jake Shields and Jon Fitch was off because “Jake Shields has informed us that he … More “Champion’s Clause” Derails World Series of Fighting Title Bout
As perhaps the leading jurisdiction when it comes to tackling rapid extreme weight cuts in combat sports, a practice which has led to notable injuries and even death, California has passed emergency rules adding much needed regulation and oversight to the dangerous practice. The new rules, which are the most robust passed by any US … More California Passes Weight Cut Rules for Combat Sports
Update – The CSAC has apparently suspended Tarverdyan for the three months and fined him $5,000 with Marc Raimondi reporting as follows ____________________ Last month the California State Athletic Commission revoked Edmund Tarverdyan’s second’s licence. As the head trainer and corner to UFC’s former bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, among other athletes, this can have an adverse … More CSAC Hearing Sheds Light on Tarverdyan Licence Revocation
Late last month Federal Judge Kimba Wood has released brief reasons for judgement denying Zuffa’s request for a preliminary injunction preventing New York from using their Combative Sport Law to shut down a planned UFC event at Madison Square Gardens. Judge Wood promised ‘a longer opinion will follow’ and these full reasons have now been released. … More Court Releases Full Reasons in UFC New York Litigation
Martial Arts enthusiast, Physicist and author Jason Thalken has recently obtained a patent for a headgear design that he hopes can reduce head trauma and the incidence of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in contact sports. In en effort to bring attention to this patent Thalken has published the full text of his patent to Researchgate and … More Patent Granted For Headgear Which May Reduce Brain Injury
In the latest UFC pay per view event piracy prosecution, reasons for judgement were released this week by the US District Court, E.D. California, recommending $10,000 in statutory damages following the commercial piracy of UFC 162. In the recent case (Joe Hand Promotions Inc. v. Forsberg) the Defendant displayed UFC 162, (Anderson Silva v Chris Weidman) … More $10,000 Damage Assessment following UFC 162 Piracy
An important study was recently published in the open access journal, PLOS ONE, analyzing the relationship between the severity of traumatic brain injury and anabolic steroid use. In the Study, titled “Chronic Exposure to Androgenic-Anabolic Steroids Exacerbates Axonal Injury and Microgliosis in the CHIMERA Mouse Model of Repetitive Concussion” the authors noted that in about … More Study – Steroid Use Linked to Worse Traumatic Brain Injury
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