BJ Penn has had another set back in coming out of retirement to fight once again in the UFC. The celebrated fighter with a history of an anti IV stance, has curiously admitted to USADA to using an IV in an out of competition setting. Penn apparently admitted to having an IV administered during a … More BJ Penn Admits to Prohibited IV Use, Suspended by USADA
It is becoming ever clearer that mileage matters when it comes to exposure of head trauma and poor long term cognitive outcomes. A recent study, titled “Cognitive, Psychiatric, And Neuropathological Manifestations Of Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury” published as a dissertationn paper in Wayne State University’s Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences sought answers to the important question … More Study – Repeated Subconcussive Blows Just As Bad As Concussions For Long Term Brain Impairment
In my ongoing efforts to document scientific studies addressing safety issues in combat sports, a recent article was published examining the facial injury rate among boxing, wrestling and martial arts competitors. The article, titled “Adding Insult to Injury – A National Analysis of Combat Sports-Related Facial Injury” was published this month in the Annals of … More Study – Wrestling Presents Highter Facial Injury Rate Than Boxing and Martial Arts
In the earlier stages of the Anti Trust Lawsuit against UFC parent company Zuffa the parties requested and the Court approved a blanket protective order over documents exchanged during the discovery process which largely prevents the public from accessing the documents when filed as part of the judicial proceedings. Earlier this month, however, Magistrate Judge … More Judge Reminds UFC That Public Access to Lawsuit Documents is the Norm
Shortly after testing positive for marijuana metabolites by an in competition test conducted by USADA at UFC 195 along with other legal woes Diego Brandao was released from the promotion. This week USADA announced that they have sanctioned Brandao with a 9 month suspension for the anti-doping policy violation. This is the first example of USADA’s … More USADA, Former UFC Fighters and “Retained Jurisdiction”
Adding to this site’s archived case summaries involving UFC pay per view event piracy, reasons for judgement were released this week by the US District Court, C.D. California, confirming a settlement of $32,500. There are few facts revealed in the published reasons (Joe Hand Promotions Inc. v. Asratian) with the Court simply confirming a joint … More $32,500 Piracy Settlement Reached Following Likely UFC PPV Piracy
In my ongoing efforts to document scientific studies addressing safety issues in combat sports, a useful article was published this month in the Korean Journal of Neurotrauma addressing sport related head injuries and return to sport protocols. While the recent article titled A Review of Sport-Related Head Injuries, does not present any new data or … More Return To Combat Sports Following Concussion
Reasons for judgement were released earlier this month by the US District Court, S.D. Georgia, Augusta Division, considering damages following the commercial piracy of UFC 163. In the recent case (Joe Hand Promotions Inc v. Beck) the Defendant operated a commercial establishment that displayed UFC 163 without purchasing the pay per view event by paying … More $110,000 Request for Damages Denied Following UFC Piracy, $1,800 Awarded
After fighter Yang Jian Bing died from complications secondary to a rapid extreme weight cut for a bout scheduled in the Phillipines ONE Championship was quick to implement reforms. There have been numerous well documented injuries due to rapid extreme weight cut practices in MMA and regulators have slowly taken action (click here to read about California … More Following Long List of Injuries UFC Implements Weight Cut Reforms
Further update – This 2014 study is instructive on this topic finding that “For every one pound increase in neck strength, odds of concussion decreased by 5 %” ___________________________________________________________– Update May 11, 2016 – while discussing this article on Twitter Dr. Margaret Goodman, former ringside physician, neurologist and head of VADA pointed out a previous article … More How Not To Strengthen Your “Chin” For Combat Sports
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