Jon Jones returned to the UFC on Saturday night at UFC 232 at The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Forum in Inglewood, California. He had a masterful performance in decimating Alexander Gustafsson was marred as we know. Jones tested positive for Turinabol, the drug that caused his previous suspension. It showed up in […]
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MMA Payout Year in Review: No. 3 – UFC signs media rights deal with ESPN
MMA Payout Year in Review: No. 5 – PFL debuts
The Professional Fighters League began its first season this year and will end it on New Year’s Eve in New York. Although the PFL has re-emerged from WSOF with a novel “season” with winners having a chance at $1 million, it still is suffering from lack of viewership according to its ratings. The good news […]
MMA Payout Year in Review: No. 6 – Josh Barnett “wins” at USADA arbitration, but still leaves promotion
Josh Barnett became the first UFC athlete under the UFC Anti-Doping Program to not receive a suspension of time from fighting after taking his case of a failed drug test to arbitration. Still, not trusting the drug testing process, Barnett requested his release from the company. Barnett tested positive for a banned substance as a […]
MMA Payout Year in Review: No. 7 – DAZN enters sports streaming market
This past June, Bellator MMA announced a deal with sport streaming service DAZN. The late September 2018 launch in the U.S. of the $9.99 per month service was another challenge on the traditional way we watch sports. Perhaps bigger than the Bellator deal, and securing another deal with Combates America, it signed Canelo Alvarez to […]