In addition to announcing its anti-doping program on Wednesday, the UFC will also establish what it is calling a “UFC Lab” for its contracted fighters. The idea of the new facility will be to have a place for fighters to work out and rehab injuries. The “UFC Lab” will be part of a new campus […]
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UFC announces details of drug testing policy
The UFC announced details of its new drug policy at a press conference Wednesday. The United States Anti-Doping Agency will take the reins as a third-party administrator for the UFC policy. The new rules will take effect July 1, 2015. Among the new shift in policy is that contracted UFC fighters will be subject to year-round […]
Court orders UFC antitrust lawsuit to Las Vegas
The Honorable Edward Davila has granted Zuffa’s request to transfer the venue of the class action antitrust lawsuit filed by former UFC fighters to Las Vegas, Nevada. In an order dated June 1, 2015, the U.S. District Court for Northern California, San Jose Division granted Zuffa’s Motion to Transfer Venue to the U.S. District Court of Nevada, […]
UFC Fight Night 67 draws 813K viewers, Prelims do 713K
UFC Fight Night 67 drew 813,000 viewers on Saturday night on FS1 according to Nielsen sources. The ratings is about a 33% improvement from UFC Fight Night 66 and 27% improvement from the last UFC Fight Night show in Brazil. UPDATED: The peak viewership for the main card occurred between 11:15pm-11:30pm ET with 1,050,000 viewers. […]
Aldo criticizes Reebok deal too
UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo is the latest fighter to express criticism concerning the UFC’s Outfitting Policy. In an interview with Brazilian outlet Combate, it appears that Aldo is in favor of fighters coming together to address these issues. Aldo indicated that if fighters were organized like the players are in the NBA, the policy […]