Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports has the official confirmation from Dana White that UFC 112 will in fact take place in Abu Dhabi on April 10th in an outdoor venue. The card, which will be held at the Concert Arena in Ferrari World on Yas Island, will feature two championship bouts. Anderson Silva will defend […]
Affliction Motion to Dismiss Denied
J.R. Riddell of Sherdog.com reports that Affliction’s motion to dismiss M-1’s claims of breach of contract have been denied by a federal judge in Los Angeles. On Monday, Affliction’s legal team urged the judge to dismiss a number of Emelianenko and M-1’s breach of contract claims, arguing that two of the three agreements at issue […]
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USADA: Commission Drug Testing a “Joke”
David Mayo of the Grand Rapids Press has done an interesting interview with CEO of the US Anti-Doping Agency, Travis Tygart, that discusses the state and sophistication of combat commission testing slates like those in Nevada: Transcript via Mlive.com Q: Shane Mosley obviously slipped through some cracks on urine testing alone in Nevada. … […]
Edmonton Commission Grants Use of Pride Rules
Murray Grieg of the Edmonton Sun reports on how an Edmonton promotion looking to fight under Pride rules threatens much of what MMA has worked to build in Edmonton and the whole of Canada. Partially due to concerns raised in this column last week, the ECSC on Wednesday was served notice by the Association of […]