MMA Payout has learned that the UFC 182 Prelims on FS1 drew a viewer average of 1.02 million making it the best viewership of a prelim show since UFC 168 in December 2013. The Prelims Saturday peaked between 6:30-6:45pm PT with 1,346,000 viewers. The last fight on the UFC Prelims was Paul Felder taking on […]
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Nevada AG may review Jones’ commission testimony
MMA Fighting reports that the Attorney General of Nevada is looking into whether it will investigate the possibility that UFC light heavyweight champ lied under oath while testifying before the Nevada State Athletic Commission this past September. Based on the commission review of the incident including Jones’ testimony, he was fined $50,000 and given 40 […]
NSAC calls Jones’ testing “administrative oversight”
MMA Fighting reports further on the Jon Jones drug test and how the news of his positive test came to light. The Nevada State Athletic Commission remains a little vague on the reasons it tested Jones for a recreational drug not banned outside of competition. Bob Bennett on why Jones was tested for a recreational […]
Reebok issues statement in support for Jones
Reebok issued a statement yesterday in support of UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones. The UFC clothing partner recently signed an individual sponsor deal with Jones. Via MMA Junkie: “We commend Jon for taking the necessary steps to address this issue, and we will support him in any way we can. The status of Jon’s […]
Jon Jones enters drug rehab
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that Jon Jones has entered a drug treatment facility for what may be an addiction to cocaine. Jones failed a Nevada State Athletic Commission drug test on December 4th testing positive for benzoylecgonine which is the main metabolite in cocaine. Clearly, Jones’ entrance into drug treatment confirms that the […]