ESPN reports that the Nevada State Athletic Commission extended the temporary suspension of Jon Jones per a commission hearing on Monday. The hearing revealed Jones’ A and B sample contained banned substances. Jones’ out-of-competition sample on June 16th tested positive for clomiphone (a banned anti-estrogenic substance) and “traces of letrozole,” an aromatase inhibitor. Prior to […]
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The fallout from Brock Lesnar’s potential drug violation
On Friday, Brock Lesnar was flagged by the United States Anti-Doping Association (USADA) of a potential violation of the UFC anti-doping policy due to an out of competition test from June 28, 2016. Although testing results of Lesnar’s “B” sample are yet to be revealed, the fallout from Lesnar’s appearance hurts the UFC and possibly […]
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Hunt wants half of Lesnar’s payout or else
With the news that Brock Lesnar may be guilty of a drug test violation, Lesnar’s UFC 200 opponent is asking for half of Lesnar’s purse or be released from his UFC contract. According to MMA Fighting, Hunt is asking UFC officials that he be given half of Lesnar’s reported $2.5 million purse or else he […]
UFC 200 estimated over 1M PPV buys; 199 does 320K
Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer reports that the buy rate for UFC 200 is estimated to be between 1.1 to 1.2 million PPV buys. In addition, there are reports that UFC 199 drew 320,000 PPV buys. UFC 200 featured Amanda Nunes and Miesha Tate. However, Brock Lesnar was the real feature of the card. […]