Adding to this site’s archived cases of UFC pay per view event piracy prosecutions, reasons for judgement were released recently by the US District Court, ED California, rejecting a claim for $110,000 in damages but instead awarding $4,750 in total damages. In the recent case (Joe Hand Promotions Inc. v. Dhillon) the Defendant operated a … More $4,750 in Damages Awarded Following UFC 173 Piracy
Update – Donald Cerrone now says he was only joking about having a TUE for IV use . ____________________ Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone has apparently been given a Therapeutic Use Exemption allowing him to rehydrate via an otherwise banned IV by the United States Anti Doping Agency ahead of his upcoming UFC lightweight title bout. If … More The Problem With Rumored USADA IV Exemption
The Province of Ontario has been one of the slowest in Canada to respond to their Criminal Code powers to legalize amateur mixed martial arts and other combat sports. As previously discussed, Ontario’s response to date has been silence making amateur MMA along with a host of other combative sports technically illegal in the Province. Last … More Ontario Pledges To “Clarify The Legal Status of Amateur Combative Sport”
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic recently retired from MMA in the midst of a doping scandal. Cro Cop admitted to out of competition use of HGH shortly after being subject to USADA testing and now has the distinction of being the first fighter to be sanctioned under the UFC’s/USADA anti doping regime. He was handed a 2 … More Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic Handed Two Year Ban for Doping
Note – The below findings likely exclude concussions which appear to be “significantly underreported” with the authors noting that 40% of contests end in KO/TKO and concussions are likely in many of these bouts. In other words, the study finds there is a 39% reported injury rate in kickboxing bouts in addition to the likely … More 39% Kickboxing Injury Rate Revealed in 15 Year NSAC Record Review
Earlier today I had the privilege to co-author an article with Michael Martin, JD, Content Manager for Strong Sports Gymnasium in downtown Los Angeles, for BJPenn.com detailing how fighter Jamual Parks had his MMA trained hands recognized as deadly weapons. The full article can be found here. For readers looking for more on this … More Welcome BJPenn.com Readers – Martial Artists Hands as Deadly Weapons!
Adding to this site’s archived cases of UFC pay per view event piracy prosecutions, the latest reasons for judgement were released last month assessing damages for piracy of UFC 133. In the recent case (Joe Hand Promotions, Inc v. Thirsty Camel, Inc) the Defendant establishment displayed UFC 133 without paying sub-licencing fees to the Plaintiff. … More UFC 133 Piracy Leads to $7,000 Damage Award
Update – I have obtained a copy of the official Indictment and Judgement and Conviction by Court and these documents do indeed show that State of Texas was satisfied that Jamual Parks hands, given his MMA training, were a deadly weapon. __________________________ It is reported that authorities Tarrant County, Texas recently charged a man with MMA … More Mixed Martial Artist’s Hands Deemed “Deadly Weapons” in Texas Assault Case
Further to last month’s order requiring discovery to proceed and dismissing the UFC’s attempts to keep their discovery documents from being accessed by one of the key attorney’s in the anti trust lawsuits facing the MMA leader, the terms of the protective order have now been released. For those unfamiliar with the term, a protective … More Protective Order Granted in UFC Anti Trust Law Suit
In the latest case assessing damages for pay per view piracy of a combat sports product, reasons for judgement were released this week by the US District Court, W.D. Missouri, ordering $11,960 to be paid following piracy of a boxing pay per view card. In the recent case (J & J Sports Productions, Inc v. … More $11,960 Ordered Following Commercial Piracy of Pacquiao v. Marquez PPV
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