Loretta Hunt of Sherdog.com is reporting that Affliction has countersued M-1 Global by asking for declaratory relief on the validity of a “consultation agreement” between Affliction and M-1. Affliction Entertainment filed a countersuit against M-1 Global, the management and promotional group that reps Fedor Emelianenko, in Los Angeles federal court on Thursday, asking for declaratory relief […]
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Lindland on Unions in MMA
Zach Arnold of Fightopinion has transcribed a recent interview done with Matt Lindland where he talks about why he thinks the probability of a fighter union forming is pretty low. “At least in basketball or baseball or football if you don’t like [the politics], you go to another team. If you have a players union […]
Commission Cancels Shine Fights Due to Safety, Financial Concerns
Damon Martin of MMAWeekly is reporting that last weekend’s Shine Fights 3: World’s Collide was canceled not because the main event was nixed by a court injunction, but because Shine Fights failed to both ensure a doctor was present at the event and that all purse money was paid to the commission in advance of […]
MMA Day in Ontario – May 22, 2010
MMA Day is a green light rally organized by proponents of MMA in the Province of Ontairo and will be held in conjunction with the Toronto-based MMA Expo on Saturday, May 22nd. TORONTO (May 12, 2010) – On Saturday, May 22, 2010, the movement to bring Mixed Martial Arts to Ontario gathers for a high energy […]
MMA and Bad Publicity
The San Diego Union-Tribune recently published a database that details the arrests of nearly 500 active National Football League players since the year 2000 and I thought it might serve as the basis for an interesting discussion. MMA is often heavily criticized when a member of its community gets into trouble: Rampage Jackson, War Machine, […]