The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
Something’s different here… I’m not saying anything you aren’t thinking. After former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw was suspended for PED usage he essentially disappeared. He will not be able to return to fighting until January of 2021 and that’s probably a good thing judging by this picture. In it, we see TJ looking incredibly … Read more
UFC middleweight Dennis Branch is yet another name on the continuously growing USADA flagged list. It was announced via the official website of the anti doping agency that he tested positive for the substance Ipamorelin in an out of competition sample taken in May. The substance significantly increases growth hormone levels which is a big … Read more
It was announced yesterday that UFC middleweight CB Dolloway was flagged by USADA for a violation of its anti doping policy. Dollaway has been competing under the UFC banner since 2008 when he was a competitor on The Ultimate Fighter reality show. Here’s the release: USADA announced today that CB Dollaway of Gilbert, Ariz., has … Read more
And another one… Thibault Gotti is lucky to have his job in the UFC right now because his record in the company is almost BJ Penn levels of bad at 1-5. A blind man could see that someone with that record failing a USADA drug screening is not good – at all. Marc Raimondi tweeted … Read more
Former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw opened up on Chael Sonnen’s podcast about his use of EPO (recombinant human erythropoietin) and why he felt he needed to use the USADA banned substance and performance enhancing drug prior to his flyweight championship bout against Henry Cejudo back in January of this year. Despite trying to cheat … Read more
USADA announced this week that four fighters had accepted 6 month suspensions for positive tests related to ostarine usage. These were confirmed to be as a result of tainted supplements but they were suspended nonetheless. UFC women’s flyweight champion, Nicco Montano issued a statement on the suspension.
Hide your blood hide your wife! Dan Ige has blood taken by USADA impersonator or something like that. So if it wasn’t USADA and it really was a mix up then who in the blue hell were they? Why did they need his blood if not for testing? Why is Dan Ige? Anyways, Dan continued… … Read more
Is this another case of an alternate dimension leaking in to our own? McGregor praising someone again? TJ Dillashaw failed some drug tests. You may have heard that fact if you are able to draw breath. The short version is that not only did TJ fail a recent drug test but past ones that were … Read more
I’m not going to recap the whole Jon Jones saga again. Let’s just say Jon failed some drug tests and got December’s UFC 232 event moved at the last minute from Las Vegas to California. Because of those ‘atypical’ tests before and later after his bout with Alexander Gustafsson he has been under a lot … Read more
Rather than rehash the entire Jon Jones/PED fiasco we’ll sum it up real quick. Jon Jones beats Daniel Cormier for the UFC light heavyweight title. Jon Jones pops positive for turinabol. Jon Jones is suspended and stripped of title. Jon Jones has suspension reduced to 15 months for “special assistance” agreement with USADA. When Jon’s … Read more