Jon Jones’ arbitration hearing is coming up next Monday and the former UFC light heavyweight champion’s lawyer, Howard Jacobs spoke about the upcoming case. Jacobs, a noted anti-doping lawyer, indicated to Luke Thomas on his SiriusXM show that the products that were found in Jones’ system were a result of a contaminated product. Per Jacobs, […]
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Over a year later, Judge Boulware publishes opinion in Zuffa’s Motion to Dismiss
Judge Richard Boulware has filed his Order on Zuffa’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint in the antitrust lawsuit venued in Nevada. The hearing was on September 25, 2015. The order was finally entered on October 19, 2016. Talk about a backlog of work for a federal judge. But, from my understanding, this is typical […]
Lundvall’s term on NSAC coming to end
MMA Fighting reports that Pat Lundvall’s appointment on the Nevada Athletic Commission will end at the end of October. Lundvall has served for a total of 9 years for the commission. Lundvall, an attorney in Nevada, has been in a central figure in some of the more recent discipline hearings before the commission. Most recently, […]
UFC heavyweight accepts 15 month USADA suspension
UFC heavyweight Abdul-Kerim Edilov will serve a 15-month sanction for an anti-doping policy violation after a positive drug test on January 7, 2016. Edilov tested positive for meldonium following an out-of-competition urine test. Per the USADA release, “USADA accepted Edilov’s explanation that the meldonium was a prescribed medication he was taking in a therapeutic dose […]
UFC Canada office hit hard with layoffs
The UFC has cut more positions within the company as Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting reports that many within the UFC Canada office including Tom Wright, the executive vice president and general manager for operations in Canada, Australia and New Zealand were dismissed this morning. 80% of the department in the UFC office in Toronto […]