Adding to this site’s archived posts addressing safety studies in combative sports, an importation study was published in the Annals of Neurology this month finding that traumatic brain injury likely causes accelerated atrophy “aging” the brain by an average of over four years. In the recent study conducted by James H. Cole, PhD, Robert Leech, … More Traumatic Brain Injury Ages the Brain By Over Four Years
The UFC’s jurisdiction hopping business model exposes the promotion to a host of different regulatory requirements. The peculiarities in different jurisdictions create a variety of legal issues stakeholders must grapple with, for example the requirement to pay a headliner at least 10% of event receipts in Nova Scotia or Quebec’s bizzare rules of ‘mixed boxing’ … More Do UFC Contracts Comply With Quebec’s Legal Requirements?
Update February 16, 2016 – The nearly year old legal battle outlined below has apparently come to an end with the parties reaching a settlement with Jackson returning to Bellator who issued a press release today advising as follows “Following an amicable agreement to settle the litigation between the two parties, the always entertaining and … More Quinton Jackson Enjoined From Competing for UFC
Rapid Extreme Weight Cuts have taken their toll on the health of many combat sport practitioners and may even play a role in fatalities in combat sports such as boxing and MMA. Regulators and others involved in the industry have slowly started to take notice with calls for reform with perhaps the most viable suggestion being that … More Study Finds Rapid Extreme Weight Cuts Lead to “Increased Muscle Damage” in MMA Fighters
Zuffa has been fighting two battles in New York for the past several years hoping the State would reverse their ban on professional MMA. The first being a lawsuit alleging the ban is unconstitutional. The second being lobbying efforts to overturn the ban. While the lobbying efforts appear to finally be paying off, the court … More Federal Court Dismisses UFC Lawsuit Alleging New York MMA Ban Unconstitutional
Update June 9, 2015 – the Bill has been drastically overhauled from its original form addressing many of the below concerns. You can click here for details. ________________________________________ A lot of positive headlines are circulating in the Mixed Martial Arts community celebrating the likely imminent legalization of professional MMA in the State of New York. … More New York MMA Bill Will Regulate All “Gyms, Clubs and Training Camps”
This article was originally published in 2015. It is updated periodically as new fatalities in MMA are documented _________________________________________ This weekend it was reported that 27 year old Ramin Zeynalov died after suffering a blow to the head in an Azerbaijanian MMA event. This is the 11th death in the modern history of MMA. Like with boxing, … More MMA’s Modern Fatality List
In what is now his third positive marijuana finding in Nevada, Nick Diaz has reportedly hired a New York lawfirm with expertise in “drug and alcohol testing policies and procedures,” to minimize fallout. Diaz’s manager suggests there are “irregularities’ in Diaz’s results.“. It is unclear what the suggested irregularities are and further it is unclear … More Nick Diaz Marijuana Fight 3.0 – Strategies that Won’t work
Update – March 26, 2015 – The Brazilian Commission has now updated their rules to allow a bout result to be overturned in these circumstances and have changed the result to a no-contest. Here is their rule change: “The Executive Committee may, on an exceptional basis, revert a decision to “no contest” if it determines that … More Fixing Poor Stoppages in MMA
Update March 22, 2015 – Ryan Machan has confirmed this bout has now been cancelled – _______________________________________________ In an interesting development, former UFC Fighter Cody McKenzie is scheduled to headline Havoc FC 8 which takes place on March 27, 2015 in Red Deer Alberta. Here is the promotions advertisement of the bout – McKenzie is … More Cody McKenzie Scheduled to Fight in Midst of MMA Suspension
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