As discussed last month, the UFC’s decision accelerate and end their contractual relationship with Leslie Smith has opened a can of worms. Smith is the interim president of Project Spearhead and was the most vocal active roster UFC fighter advocating for fighter organization at the time the promotion chose to part ways with her. Smith … More Leslie Smith Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against the UFC
In the latest piracy prosecution for a combat sports Pay Per View event, reasons for judgement were released last week ordering $18,000 in damages for the piracy of Pacquiao v. Bradley. In the recent case (J&J Sports Productions , Inc. v. Catsup Burger Bar) the Defendants displayed the PPV bout without paying the commercial sub-licensing … More $18,000 in Damages Ordered For Piracy of Pacquiao v. Bradley
Merab Dvalishvili lost his bout to Ricky Simon at UFC Fight Night 128 after being declared unconscious at the end of the third and final round. The bout was recorded as a TKO by technical submission. Dvalishvili argued he was conscious and that the bout should have gone to the judges who likely would have … More New Jersey Denies Dvalishvili’s Appeal of UFC Fight Night 128 TKO Loss
After years of turning a blind eye to illegal kickboxing and occasionally shutting down events when enough complaints were launched, the Province of Quebec has become the latest to exercise their powers under section 83 of the Criminal Code to designate which amateur combat sports are legal. On April 18, 2018 the Government passed a … More Quebec Legalizes Amateur Kickboxing
Leslie Smith is a top ranked MMA fighter. She was on a two fight win streak wining three of her last four bouts (with the loss at the hands of now featherweight champion Cris Cyborg) when the UFC let her go from the organization. Smith was scheduled to fight on April 21, 2018 at UFC Fight Night 128. … More How Leslie Smith’s Legal Action Against the UFC May Achieve Project Spearhead’s Goals
In a narrative that is becoming all too familiar, three more UFC athletes have successfully traced positive drug tests back to tainted supplements. Today the US Anti Doping Agency announced that Junior dos Santos Almeida and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, who each tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide had this finding traced back to contaminated products sold by a … More 3 UFC Athletes Handed Reduced Suspensions After Tracing Positive Drug Tests to Tainted Supplements
Update June 17, 2019 – The below decision was affirmed on appeal. Details covered here on the excellent Boxing Exq website ______________________________________ They say bad facts make bad cases and reasons for judgement published last week in the Wilder v. World of Boxing LLC case fits this mold. Deontay Wilder and Alexander Povetkin where contracted … More The Weird Findings of the Wilder v. Povetkin Doping Lawsuit
In a study with concerning implications for anyone exposed to brain trauma, data was recently published in the journal of Neurology finding that people who sustained brain injury, even mild traumatic brain injury, had a 56% higher rate of developing Parkinson Disease. In the study, titled Mild TBI and Risk of Parkinson Disease – A … More Study – Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Results in 56% Higher Chance of Parkinson Disease
Adding to this site’s database of combative sports and brain health safety studies, important research was recently published highlighting the need to protect the brain while its recovering from a mild traumatic brain injury. In the study, titled Distinct Myeloid Cell Subsets Promote Meningeal Remodeling and Vascular Repair After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, published in … More Study – Second Brain Injury During Recovery Phase Can Have “Dire Consequences” For Brain Repair
Today Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and the Nevada State Athletic Commission agreed to a 6 month suspension for the boxer who violated the State’s anti doping standards by ingesting Clenbuterol. Alvarez claimed the positive drug test could be traced back to tainted Mexican beef. As previously discussed Nevada regulations allow for reduced penalties and even no … More Canelo Alvarez and NSAC Agree to 6 Month Suspension for “Tainted Beef” Clenbuterol Finding
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