USA Today reported that UFC.com was hacked yesterday as a result of its position on SOPA. However, Dana White did not seem to be concerned with the web site’s security breach. MMA Mania reports that the group that hacked the site did this in part as retaliation for the shutdown of file sharing web site Megaupload.What […]
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Pro-SOPA editorial may have led to hacking of UFC.com
UFC announces PED policy same day news of Lawal’s positive test
The UFC announced that it will institute a pre-contract performance enhancing drug (PED) screening for fighters that will compete in the UFC (and Strikeforce). The news comes on the heels of numerous outlets including MMA Weekly reporting that Strikeforce’s King Mo Lawal tested positive for an anabolic steroid, Drostanolone. Via UFC press release: Continuing a […]
UFC responds to ESPN piece
The UFC released its response to ESPN’s feature on fighter pay. Dana White introduced ESPN’s full-length interview of Lorenzo Fertitta and called ESPN’s story “a piece of trash.” The response video is what the UFC calls the unedited version of Fertitta’s interview which implies that ESPN edited its story to fit with what it wanted […]