If you have watched the UFC 236 Embedded episode 3, you learned that HEED will have sensors placed in fighters’ gloves so that viewers will be able to watch stats during the fight on the company’s app. The real-time sports engagement firm forged a partnership with the promotion back in 2017. It will be the […]
UFC lightweight returns from six-month USADA suspension from contaminated supplement
UFC lightweight Mairbek Taisumov has accepted a six-month suspension from USADA for testing positive for a prohibited substance. Taisumov indicated that the failed test was likely due to a contaminated dietary supplement. Stanozolol metabolites were found in an in-competition urine sample he provided at UFC Fight Night in Moscow, Russia this past September. Via USADA […]
Penn accused of verbal abuse, threats by estranged girlfriend; Penn responds
MMA Junkie reports that a restraining order has been issued against B.J. Penn by the mother of his children. Shealen Uaiwa states that she has been verbally abused and “menaced” in front of their children. Uaiwa also claims that the former lightweight champion threatened to kill her family and sexually abused her. In handwritten court […]
Report indicates Fight Pass “not going anywhere”
The Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand’s latest In Box email update reports that despite the success of the UFC’s partnership with ESPN, UFC Fight Pass is staying put. He reports that it has “around 400,000 global subscribers” and will have some changes. Ourand reports that the hiring of Crowly Sullivan as Vice President and General […]
EPO found in Dillashaw’s USADA tests, accepts 2-year ban
T.J. Dillashaw has been suspended by USADA for two-years for a violation of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy after testing for the prohibited substance EPO. The former bantamweight champion has accepted the sanction. The 33-year-old tested positive for recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) as a result of an in-competition sample provided on the day of his fight […]