MMA Junkie reports on Monday’s Nevada State Athletic Commission hearing in which the commission addressed potential changes to its testing. A committee was proposed to address the issue as the commission appeared cautious in addressing the issue. Obviously, the subject came up in light of the discovery that a December 6th random drug test of […]
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Rumored UFC Fight Night 62 Cancelled
Fertitta fine with Fight Night opposite football
MMA Junkie reports on the UFC looking forward to its Sunday night Fight Night in Boston. Despite the concerns that it conflicts with the AFC Championship game in the same town as the event, Lorenzo Fertitta looks forward to it. Fertitta told MMA Junkie that he looked at this date as “beachfront real estate.” Fox […]
Zuffa wins court case lifting TV ban on UFC
The UFC announced that a German court has ruled a broadcast ban imposed by the Bavarian State Media Authority (BLM) on UFC events is “illegitimate” and therefor annulled. The Administrative Court in Munich, Germany declared the UFC “a plausible sport.” The initial ban arose in 2010 out of what BLM believed to be “undesirable” programming […]
UFC renews with In Demand
Zuffa has reached an agreement with In Demand to distribute its UFC PPVs which include the ability to sell UFC Fight Pass to subscribers. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed although the report by MultiChannel.com indicates it’s a multi-year deal. New wrinkles to the deal include an “electronic sell-through” and affiliates can offer the […]