The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
Recent retiree Chael Sonnen is one of our favorite personalities in mixed martial arts history. His trash talk and capability to back it up – from time to time – is surpassed by his willingness to fight the best at the drop of a hat. Sometimes those opponents were a weight class or two above … Read more
TJ Dillashaw has relinquished his bantamweight championship after he was informed of an ‘adverse’ drug test.Not all of the details are known but TJ did provide some insight on Instagram. As soon as more info becomes available we will share it. Crazy…
Saturday’s UFC 232 event at The Forum in Los Angeles drew 15,862 fans and netted a live gate of just over $2MIL. That’s according to MMAJunkie and pretty amazing given the circumstances. The event was moved to California from Vegas on a week’s notice thanks to the Jon Jones ‘ atypical’ drug testing situation. Dana … Read more
Cody McKenzie has a wild story to tell about the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Cody was suspended for four years recently by the governing body for something no one in their right mind would do. He reportedly refused to provide a urine sample before his fight in the Tuff-N-Uff organization and then attempted to provide … Read more
Former heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum has been suspended for two years after failing USADA drug test back in April. The USADA findings were officially announced on the USADA site for the UFC on September 11th. USADA announced today that UFC® athlete Fabricio Werdum, of Redondo Beach, Calif., has tested positive for a prohibited substance and … Read more
WWE superstar and former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar is back in the USADA testing pool according to sources close to the situation. It has been rumored Lesnar was at the UFC offices during International Fight Week talking about a potential return to the octagon when the promotion holds their next event at Madison Square … Read more
Brock Lesnar is currently suspended from MMA in any organization by the Nevada State Athletic Commission because he failed a pair of positive drug tests both before and after the UFC 200 event. Attorney Howard Jacobs on behalf of Lesnar asked an independent drug testing lab to examine both an eye and a foot cream, which … Read more
In the later part of 2015, the UFC announced a few changes coming to the organization. First, the UFC introduced the Reebok deal to the world. Secondly, the UFC partnered with USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency). Since then, both have received massive criticism from not only the media but the public, especially USADA. Many fighters have fallen … Read more
Former UFC heavyweight champion and current WWE superstar Brock Lesnar has long denied his Herculean physique was the result of steroids. He’s walked out of interviews for being questioned about it, and prior to UFC 200 he made the statement, “I’m a white boy that’s jacked. Deal with it.” Now it has come to light … Read more
UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt thinks his UFC 200 opponent, former UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar, is “juiced to the gills” but he’s “still gonna get knocked out”. Hunt doesn’t like that Lesnar is getting a drug test exemption from USADA after spending the last few years in the WWE ring. https://youtu.be/xnAINg_gG3A UFC 200 is scheduled for July … Read more