The New York State Athletic Commission has released a statement on the incident involving Conor McGregor and his entourage at today’s UFC 223 media day. Videos showed McGregor and throw metal barriers, chairs, and trashcans to a bus with UFC fighters on it. One video showed McGregor throw an object and break a window which […]
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Official complaint filed against Canelo Alvarez, NAC hearing set for April 18th
Executive Director Bob Bennett of the Nevada Athletic Commission has indicated that he has completed his investigation of the Canelo Alvarez drug-test failures for clenbuterol and filed an official complaint against Alvarez putting into doubt the Mexican superstar’s rematch with Gennady Golovkin. According to Lance Pugmire of the LA Times, the NAC is seeking a […]
NAC give Calvillo 3 more months in addition to USADA suspension
Cynthia Calvillo received an additional three-month suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission per MMA Junkie. She was fined 15 percent of her disclosed $41,000 purse ($6,150) in addition to $436.08 in attorney’s fees. USADA suspended Calvillo six-months for an in-competition drug test at UFC 219 that revealed marijuana metabolites in excess of the allowable […]
CSAC revokes Jon Jones’ fight license and fines him $205,000 for failed drug test
The California State Athletic Commission unanimously voted (6-0) to revoke Jon Jones’ fight license and invoke a $205,000 fine against him for a banned steroid in his system discovered in a pre-fight drug test at UFC 214. The $205,000 fine is 40% of his $500,000 disclosed pay (plus $5,000) for his matchup with Daniel Cormier […]
Boxer left with brain injury and paralysis settles with New York for $22M
Magomed Abdusalamov has agreed to a $22 million injury settlement with the state of New York for injuries sustained in a fight in 2013. The award is believed to be the largest personal injury settlement the state has ever made. The Court of Claims of New York approved the settlement agreement on Friday. For those […]