NY Times reports that Sheldon Silver will be replaced as speaker of the NY State Assembly and Assemblyman Joseph Morelle will become the interim speaker starting next week. Notably, Morelle sponsored a bill that would legalize professional mixed martial arts in the state. Notably, in the first half of January 2013, records show that Zuffa […]
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NYS Assembly Speaker Silver arrested on corruption charges
New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested on federal corruption charges on Thursday. The charges include mail fraud, wire fraud and extortion. In MMA circles, the state assemblyman had been the one that prevented a vote on the legalization of MMA in the state. The Complaint obtained by the NY Times alleges that […]
Wanderlei Silva sues NSAC seeking reversal of lifetime ban, fine
MMA Fighting reports that Wanderlei Silva has filed a lawsuit against the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Silva claims that the commission overstepped its boundaries in issuing him a lifetime ban last year. In addition to the ban, the NSAC issued a $70,000 fine this past September. The punishment arose out of his failure to take […]
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 […]
14 for 14: No. 8 TRT banned by NAC, UFC and others
In February 2014, an investigative report by ESPN on testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) in MMA revealed the practice of fighters utilizing a diagnosis of low testosterone for the usage of synthetic testosterone. Not surprising, Dana White called out the ESPN report as an embellishment. He noted that 5 fighters had TRT exemptions out of the […]