The noisy withdrawal of USADA from its relationship with UFC is unraveling before our eyes as the UFC called a press conference on Thursday to announce its new testing partner, Drug Free Sport International, and comment on Travis Tygart’s comments regarding Conor McGregor. The UFC’s Hunter Campbell talked legal action against USADA for the organization’s […]
NXT bests AEW in Tuesday Night War
NXT on the USA Network resoundingly beat AEW Dynamite on TNT in a battle of live television shows on Tuesday night. Per Sports TV Ratings, NXT had its best ratings this year scoring a 921K viewers average. AEW Dynamite drew 609K viewer average. Notably, Dynamite’s ratings were down considerably while NXT’s was up dramatically. The […]
UFC to sever ties with USADA in 2024
USADA announced that it will no longer be working with the UFC in 2024 according to CEO Travis Tygart in a statement on social media. It appears a dispute occurred with the reentry of Conor McGregor into the USADA testing pool. Notably, the statement indicates the two sides were in talks about a contract renewal […]
Usman steps in to face Chimaev at UFC 294
On Tuesday, we learned that the UFC 294 main event changed due to an injury to Charles Olivera. Dana White revealed a nasty cut Olivera received in lead-up to the fight in Abu Dhabi. Now, Paulo Costa has pulled out due to injury and Kamaru Usman is taking his place. Usman, the former middleweight champ, […]
UFC 294 gets new main event
On Tuesday night, the news spread that Charles Oliveira had to withdraw from his main event fight against Islam Makhachev due to a nasty cut on his eyebrow. However, Alexander Volkanovski is stepping in his place and fans will get the rematch between the two fighters. Volkanovski will get less than two weeks to prepare […]