Bloody Elbow reports that Bellator middleweight Alexander Shlemenko has hired attorney Howard Jacobs to represent him to dispute the findings of a positive drug test from his February fight against Melvin Manhoef. Shlemenko will appear before the California State Athletic Commission on April 28th to apparently dispute the findings. Shlemenko has denied using any banned […]
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Preliminary Injunction continued until Tuesday in Bellator-Jackson lawsuit
MMA Junkie reports that the hearing on the preliminary injunction filed by Bellator against Rampage Jackson has been continued until Tuesday morning, April 7th when Judge Karen Suter will render her decision. There was no reason given for the delay according to the Junkie article. The injunction sought to preclude Jackson from fighting at UFC […]
Judge rules in New York’s favor, dismisses Zuffa lawsuit
On Tuesday, Judge Kimba Wood granted New York’s Motion for Summary Judgment and denied Zuffa’s Motion for Summary Judgment thus ending (for now) the company’s legal battle to strike down New York’s law prohibiting professional mixed martial arts in the state. Essentially, Judge Wood stated that Zuffa lacked “standing” as a plaintiff as there was […]
Featherweight boxer Gonzalez sued by Golden Boy
ESPN reports that Golden Boy Promotions filed a lawsuit against boxer Jhonny Gonzalez on Friday prior to his fight on Saturday. The complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court claims that Gonzalez’s Mexican promoter violated Golden Boy’s exclusive rights to promote his bouts. Despite the lawsuit, it did not attempt to file an injunction from […]
Zuffa sued for patent infringement in Texas
Zuffa has been sued in a patent infringement lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas by a company that claims that Zuffa is infringing on a patent owned by Orostream LLC. However, it appears that the lawsuit is one of many filed by the company on the same […]