Multiple sources have reported that Daniel Cormier is injured and will be out of UFC 197 against Jon Jones. Although reported on April 1st, it appears that this news is not a joke. With the Cormier-Jones fight out for UFC 197, it appears that Demetrious Johnson-Henry Cejudo should be the headliner. The UFC has not […]
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Spike announces “Fighters First” initiative
Spike TV announced that it is launching a new marketing campaign around the network’s sports programming. The campaign dubbed, “Fighters First” seeks to promote the fighters as individual brands. It can be viewed as a slight at the UFC which has shown its brand is bigger than its fighters, the campaign highlights the fighter in […]
Jones returns home after probation violation hearing
Judge Michael E. Martinez added new terms to Jon Jones’ probation as a result of a recent moving violations. Jones was free to return home with the added stipulations which include attending an anger management and driver improvement courses. In addition to the two added stipulations, he will need to complete a 60 more hours […]
Jones to face judge to address probation violation Thursday morning
UPDATED: Jones returns home after probation hearing which added additional conditions to his probation. Jon Jones will have a hearing before an Albuquerque, New Mexico judge this morning to address a probation violation stemming from a recent traffic stop which resulted in Jones being issued several moving violations including drag racing. Rest assured, it appears […]
Exos becomes official performance partner of the UFC
The Sports Business Journal (subscription required) reports that the UFC has signed a one-year deal with physical training, nutrition and physical therapy company Exos, makig it the official performance partner of the company. You may recall that it forged the agreement with the company last year as part of a new Athlete Marketing and Development program. […]