Nate Diaz is returning to the UFC to face Dustin Poirier at UFC 230 in New York at Madison Square Garden November 3rd. The Los Angeles Times was the first to report the fight which pits one of the top lightweights against one of the more popular fighters in the UFC. The fight will likely […]
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Bantamweight flagged for potential USADA violation
UFC bantamweight Augusto Mendes has been notified by USADA regarding a potential violation from an out-of-competition sample collected on March 7, 2018. His upcoming fight with Merab Dvalishvili at UFC Fight Night 128 has been scrapped. Per the UFC.com web site: The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed […]
HBO Boxing After Dark draws 719,000 for Matthysse fight
HBO’s Boxing After Dark drew an average of 719,000 viewers on Saturday night for the main event featuring Lucas Matthysse and Tewa Kiram according to Nielsen. The fight peaked with 769,000 viewers. Mathysse stopped Kiram in the 8th round. The event drew a 0.26 in the A18-49 demo. The opening bout of the night saw […]
HBO’s Boxing telecast draws 716,000 viewers
HBO’s Boxing telecast on Saturday averaged 716,000 viewers for the main event featuring David Lemieux and Billy Joe Saunders. Saunders defeated Lemieux in the matchup which emanated from Laval, Quebec in Canada. The main event peaked at 775,000 viewers. It drew 0.19 in the A18-49 demo per ShowBuzz Daily. The triple-header included Spike O’Sullivan’s seventh-round […]
George Sullivan issued 1 year suspension by USADA
USADA announced that George Sullivan tested positive for a prohibited substance and has accepted a one-year sanction for his second violation of the UFC anti-doping policy. The 36 year old tested positive for clomiphene and its metabolite 4-hydroxyclomiphene. Sullivan was pulled from his fight at UFC 208 this past February after he was informed of […]