Brazil’s Bruno Arruda da Silva has been suspended for two-years from the UFC after a USADA arbitration opinion issued on Monday declared that Silva had tested positive for the banned substance of boldenone. Despite Silva’s defense that he was set to make his UFC debut on short notice and that the banned substance was ingested […]
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UFC Fight Pass sees increase in subscribers
This morning, the Sports Business Journal ran a story about the changing strategy of the UFC digital platform Fight Pass as it attempts to gain and retain subscribers. After the deal which put the UFC on ESPN+, many thought that Fight Pass would be dead. But according to the interview with the UFC’s Crowley Sullivan, […]
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Rachael Ostovich-Berdon handed one-year USADA sanction for tainted supplement
Rachael Ostovich-Berdon was issued a one-year suspension by USADA for testing positive for ostarine and GW1516 metabolites. She received a four-month credit due to “time served under a provisional suspension in the latter half of 2019 for atypical finding that was investigated by USADA and which did not result in a sanction once the 2019 […]
Frevola out of UFC on ESPN 11 event due to cornermen positive COVID-19 test
After fellow teammate and cornerman Billy Quarantillo tested positive for COVID-19, Matt Frevola is out of UFC on ESPN 11 as the fighter posted the news on his social media. MMA Junkie reports that Frank Camacho is stepping in to fight Justin James on Saturday. The UFC has pulled me from my fight due to […]