In his 15+ years as a professional MMA fighter Tito Ortiz has never tested positive for any illegal or banned substance, performance enhancing drug or steroid. However, Jenna Jameson, his longtime on-again-off-again girlfriend and mother of his twin boys is claiming she saw him fake drug tests while fighting for the UFC. Read More »
What a difference a few months can make. UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz and his ex-pornstar babies' mamma Jenna Jameson looked the picture of happiness in these pics from Valentine's Day 2013. Sure, they've had their ups-and-downs like any high profile couple living under the bright lights of Hollywood paparazzi and press. Like, remember the time Tito held that press conference to deny Jenna's claims of domestic abuse and accused her of being addicted to Oxycontin? You know, just typical stuff we all go through. Read More »
Josh Barnett a.k.a. "The Warmaster" is once again a UFC fighter. After months of deliberation the former UFC heavyweight champion has signed a multi-fight agreement with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Read More »
During his appearance on UFC Tonight on Fuel TV on Tuesday, UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones was asked about a recent statement he made about Chael Sonnen saying he lacked a "championship soul". Jones clarified what he meant... Read More »
The UFC has confirmed today that both Alex Caceres and Riki Fukuda failed drug tests following UFC on Fuel TV 8. The 24 year old TUF veteran Caceres has received a six month suspension after testing positive for marijuana metabolites. 'Bruce Leeroy' recorded a split decision victory over Kyung Ho Kang at the March 3rd event; however, that result will now be re-classified as a no contest in light of Caceres' positive test. Read More »
UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre took a moment to respond to Nick Diaz's allegations of steroid use and give his opinion on Testosterone Replacement Therapy at the UFC 158 post-fight press conference on Saturday night. Read More »
It seems a month doesn’t go by where we don’t hear of at least one positive test for banned substances in Mixed Martial Arts. Lots of different opinions on what needs to be done to clean the sport up float around but not much gets done in the way of change to the current norms. Read More »
Michael Bisping suffered a second round TKO loss to Vitor Belfort at UFC on FX 7 last month. It was revealed after the fight that Belfort had received a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) before the fight. Read More »
The MMA Tonight crew returned this week to talk all things mixed martial arts with ESPN reporter and veteran MMA journalist Josh Gross. Josh and the guys talked about Rampage Jackson's UFC exodus and what the future holds for him, UFC President Dana White's reaction to Randy Couture signing with Spike TV, the growth potential for Bellator moving forward and much more. Read More »
UFC officials confirmed earlier this week that Brazilian lightweight Thiago Tavares (17-5-1) failed his UFC on FX 7 post-fight drug test following a first round KO loss against Khabib Nurmagomedov on Jan. 19 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Tavares tested positive for the anabolic steroid Drostanolone and has been suspended for nine months. Tavares released a statement today regarding the failed drug test. Read More »
The headlines these days are covered with stories about Lance Armstrong’s massive cover up over his extensive performance–enhancing drugs (“PED”) use. MMA has an interesting dilemma when it comes to PEDs. It has had some very high profile fighters, including Chael Sonnen, Dan Henderson, Nate Marquardt and Quinton Jackson, admit to a legal form of steroid use, Testosterone Replacement Therapy (“TRT”). Read More »
Mirko Cro Cop might still be angry about the two knees he took to the groin from Alistair Overeem back at DREAM 6 in September 2008 in Japan that halted the bout early via No Contest. Or he might just be giving his unbiased opinion on what happens to a fighter who gets popped for elevated testosterone levels high enough to power a thoroughbred race horse, who then is forced to sit on the sidelines and return to the Octagon eight months later without pharmaceutical crutches. Read More »
This past Thursday, drug tests from December’s UFC on FX 6 card revealed middleweight submission specialist Rousimar Palhares had testosterone levels of over twice the World Anti-Doping Agency’s permissible limit at the time of his bout against Hector Lombard. The WADA allows ... Read More »
UFC officials have announced that UFC on FX 6 fighters Joey Beltran and Rousimar Palhares have been suspended for nine months due to failed drug tests. Read More »
On Tuesday, "The Demolition Man" attended a hearing with the Nevada State Athletic Commission, who cleared him to fight Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva at UFC 156 in Las Vegas on Feb. 2. Read More »
We've collected this week's top stories from some of mixed martial arts' leading independent news sources. Read More »
All of the UFC 153 fighters that were given drug tests passed except two, Stephan Bonnar and Dave Herman. Read More »
Coming off her 54-second armbar submission win over Sarah Kaufman this weekend, Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey talked with Inside MMA this evening about the fight all the fans want to see, her versus Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos. And Cyborg fires back! Read More »
Former Strikeforce women's 145 pound champion Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos about all the women leaving the 145-pound division in Strikeforce and her thoughts on Saturday's upcoming 135 title fight between champion Ronda Rousey and Sarah Kaufman. Cyborg feels like Rousey dropped to 135 pounds to run away from her and is willing to meet her at 140 pounds. Cyborg says she is ready to fight Rousey even in the parking lot on Saturday night after her fight with Kaufman. Read More »
UFC Hall of Famer Tito Oritz is not happy. His final fight inside the Octagon was a rubber match against Forrest Griffin at UFC 148. It was a close fight, Tito dropped Forrest a couple times, but in the end the judges awarded Forrest the decision. After the fight however, it came out that Forrest is yet another fighter that has received a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) from the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Read More »
"Inside the Cage" host Cyrus Fees recently happened to run into Baseball legend Pete Rose while out in Las Vegas, and guess what, "Charlie Hustle" is a big time mixed martial arts fan. That's right. The former Cincinnati Reds star shared his thoughts on the Anderson Silva - Chael Sonnen match-up, steroids, the Hall of Fame and more. At 71-years-old, Rose said he watches all the fights, orders the Pay-Per-Views and is friends with several fighters. Read More »
Alistair Overeem was a guest Tuesday evening on UFC Tonight to discuss for the first time the elevated testosterone to epitestosterone levels that appeared during a random drug test that was sprung on him by the Nevada State Athletic Commission earlier this year. Overeem explained what he is doing to prove he is a clean fighter and hopes to return to the UFC by year's end. Read More »
