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Wednesday, September 13th, 2017A major revelation in the steroid drug test result for former UFC champion Jon Jones is that California doesn’t drug test USADA-tested fighters.
Shocking UFC Fight Night Japan 2017 Saitama Super Arena card
Monday, September 4th, 2017UFC Fight Night Japan 2017 features a fight card more fitting of Korakuen Hall in Tokyo rather than Saitama Super Arena.
Andy Foster wants due process for UFC champion Jon Jones on turinabol USADA drug test bust
Thursday, August 31st, 2017California State Athletic Commission Andy Foster wants you to give UFC champion Jon Jones due process on his drug test bust but can’t stop talking.
Jon Jones is the kind of UFC drug user that American sports fans hate: a lying drug user
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017Jon Jones is incapable of staying on the straight and narrow. The only consistency in Jon Jones’ life is that he’s a screw-up who creates collateral damage.
UFC’s debt financing is making rich fighters wealthier but the window is closing fast for everyone else
Sunday, July 30th, 2017Ari Emanuel and WME-IMG ownership is pushing more “super fights” in the UFC that are eye-catching due to name value but not necessarily competitive. The rich are getting richer but what about the rest of the fighters?
High-risk gamble by Mark Hunt attorneys to sue UFC for racketeering may be backfiring
Tuesday, June 27th, 2017The strategy by Mark Hunt’s attorney to pursue a racketeering cause of auction in Federal court against UFC & Brock Lesnar over doping may backfire.
UFC’s Cortney Casey can sue the Texas athletic commission for libel but she only has a few weeks left
Monday, June 26th, 2017The Texas athletic commission says UFC fighter Cortney Casey failed a drug test and told a reporter. They claimed to use USADA standards and they allegedly did not fighter. The commission has not cleared Casey’s name. Will she sue for libel?
Oh no… California judge Marcos Rosales scored BJ Penn demolition a 28-28 draw
Sunday, June 25th, 2017Veteran MMA judge Marcos Rosales egregiously scored Dennis Siver’s massacre of BJ Penn a 28-28 draw. There is no excuse or justification for one of the worst judging decisions made this year in MMA.
“The greatest prospect in MMA history” got knocked down but changed the recruiting game
Saturday, June 24th, 2017The Bellator NYC PPV at Madison Square Garden turned out to be a circus and that’s exactly the way Scott Coker likes to promote MMA.
If you can’t buy star fighters, buy the next best star power on TV
Tuesday, June 13th, 2017Mike Goldberg and Mauro Ranallo have signed with Bellator and that’s great news for fight fans.
A new report’s claim of median age of 49 for UFC viewers is flawed but potentially good news
Wednesday, June 7th, 2017A new Nielsen study commissioned by Sports Business Journal reviews that your average sports fan watching conventional TV is at least 40 years old and that UFC fans are nearly 50 years old. So now what for the 18-to-34 year old demographic?
Report claims Spike TV has lost nearly 7% of its households in a year
Wednesday, May 31st, 2017Nielsen Ratings indicate that Spike TV has reportedly nearly lost 7% of households in a year. If Viacom can’t stop the bleeding, what will it mean for the Viacom-owned Bellator MMA promotion?
The TV industry buzz phrase UFC is banking on in new negotiations: “time poverty”
Monday, May 22nd, 2017Fox Sports executive Michael Mulvihill says it’s time for the TV industry to reconsider the value of the 18-to-34 year old demographic. What would that mean for UFC’s future?
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