Scott Coker tweeted out on Monday a new partnership between Bellator, Monster Energy and NASCAR. However, NASCAR says it does not have a partnership with the company. Per MMA Junkie, NASCAR stated it “does not have a partnership with Bellator.” ESPN reported it obtained a revised news release from Bellator which stated “Details to come […]
Good suspended 6 months by USADA for tainted supplement
MMA Fighting reports that UFC welterweight Lyman Good will receive a six-month suspension due to a tainted product in an out-or-competition test. According to Good’s attorney, the banned substance was in a tainted vitamin. No official announcement has been issued by USADA as of this date. Good was taken off the UFC 205 card this […]
Who owns your gimmick?
The subject of who owns a wrestling character’s gimmick came up earlier this month when Matt and Jeff Hardy left Impact Wrestling and appeared to take their characters they developed in the organization with them. It was reported by Ryan Satin’s The Wrestling Sheet and Dave Meltzer that Impact Wrestling’s lawyers sent a cease and […]
UFC Flyweight receives one-year suspension from USADA
UFC Flyweight Matheus Nicolau received a one-year suspension from USADA . The Brazilian fighter tested positive for the banned substance anastrozole. Nicolau was flagged by USADA for an anti-doping violation in November 2014 and was forced to withdraw from UFC Fight Night 100. The flagged test was a result of an out-of-competition test taken on October […]
Judge angered by WWE and Plaintiffs disregard for brief rules
A federal judge in Connecticut has issued a written smackdown of the litigation between the WWE and former wrestlers in a contentious lawsuit claiming that the company knew of information concerning a link between repeated head trauma and permanent neurological conditions that it exposed to its wrestlers. The lawsuit involves former pro wrestlers Evan Singleton […]