UFC On Fox 19 saw some good fights and finishes from Glover Teixeira knocking out Rashad Evans and the return of Khabib Nurmagomedov. The ratings are finally in and UFC on Fox 19 had an average of 2.13 million viewers, according to TV by the Numbers.
The last UFC on Fox show (UFC on Fox 18) pulled 2.43 million viewers so the event over the weekend is slightly down from the January event. UFC on Fox 19 saw many changes to the card with Tony Ferguson pulling out of the main event and Lyoto Machida being caught with a banned substances. These instances could have lead to the slightly low ratings from the last event.
UFC is in the midst of its “Unstoppable” campaign and this weekend will be the return of Jon Jones at UFC 197 when he faces Ovince Saint Preux for the interim light heavyweight championship.
UFC on Fox 19 also had 11,273 people in attendance in Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.
UFC On Fox 19 saw some good fights and finishes from Glover Teixeira knocking out Rashad Evans and the return of Khabib Nurmagomedov. The ratings are finally in and UFC on Fox 19 had an average of 2.13 million viewers, according to TV by the Numbers.
The last UFC on Fox show (UFC on Fox 18) pulled 2.43 million viewers so the event over the weekend is slightly down from the January event. UFC on Fox 19 saw many changes to the card with Tony Ferguson pulling out of the main event and Lyoto Machida being caught with a banned substances. These instances could have lead to the slightly low ratings from the last event.
UFC is in the midst of its “Unstoppable” campaign and this weekend will be the return of Jon Jones at UFC 197 when he faces Ovince Saint Preux for the interim light heavyweight championship.
UFC on Fox 19 also had 11,273 people in attendance in Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.
This is just getting silly… UFC on FOX 19 is taking an absolute beating at the moment, and it’s going right to the wire. First off it was the injury bug that saw Tony Ferguson removed from his bout with Khabib Nurmagomev, although ‘The Eagle’ remained on the card with new player Darrell Horcher stepping
UFC on FOX 19 is taking an absolute beating at the moment, and it’s going right to the wire. First off it was the injury bug that saw Tony Ferguson removed from his bout with Khabib Nurmagomev, although ‘The Eagle’ remained on the card with new player Darrell Horcher stepping in. Then Lyoto Machida popped under the new USADA (United States Anti Doping Agency) testing for a masking agent, although he had admitted to taking the substance and not knowing it was on the banned list before failing the test.
So that meant Machida’s rematch with Dan Henderson was cancelled, and ‘Hendo’ removed from the card all together, with the card heavily rearranged. Glover Teixeira and Rashad Evans were promoted to the main event, Rose Namajunas and Tecia Torres were bumped up to co-main, but the UFC on FOX 19 card is not in the clear just yet
Training partner of Khabib Nurmagomedov at the American Kickboxing Academy, Islam Makhachev has failed a drug test and been forced off the UFC on FOX 19 card in Tamp, Florida. He was set to face Drew Dober in a lightweight contest, but the circumstances behind his failed drug test are not black and white. Check out the initial report details by BloodyElbow.com:
Meldonium is a heart medication developed in Latvia primarily used for improving bloodflow in patients with ischemia or heart issues like angina and similar issues. It is not currently scheduled or available in the USA. It has been commonly used by athletes as a supplement in eastern Europe and Russia for several years. It was placed on the in and out of competition prohibited list by WADA on Jan 1st 2016 after previously being on the WADA watchlist in 2015. It was still legal under WADA/USADA guidelines as recently as December 31st 2015.
WADA released a statement this week addressing the issue of excretion times:
“In the case of meldonium, there is currently a lack of clear scientific information on excretion times. For this reason, a hearing panel might justifiable find (unless there is specific evidence to the contrary) that an athlete who has established on the balance of probabilities that he or she ingested meldonium before 1 January 2016 could not reasonably have known or suspected that meldonium would still be present in his or her body on or after 1 January 2016. In these circumstances, WADA considers that there may be grounds for no fault or negligence on the part of the athlete.”
Where stricter drug testing has improved the overall image of the sport and helped make it more of a level playing field, it seems there are still a few peculiar circumstances that need addressing.
Here’s the UFC on FOX 19’s woefully injured card as of now:
Event: UFC on FOX 19: “Teixeira vs. Evans” Date: Sat., April 16, 2016, on FOX Location: Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay, Florida
UFC on FOX 19 Main Event:
205 lbs.: Glover Teixeira vs. Rashad Evans
UFC on FOX 19 Main Card (8 p.m. ET):
115 lbs.: Rose Namajunas vs. Tecia Torres 160 lbs.: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Darrell Horcher 145 lbs.: Cub Swanson vs. Hacran Dias
UFC on FOX 19 “Prelims” (6 p.m. ET):
155 lbs.: Michael Chiesa vs. Beneil Dariush 135 lbs.: Bethe Correia vs. Raquel Pennington 170 lbs.: Court McGee vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio 155 lbs.: Drew Dober vs. Islam Makhachev
UFC on FOX 19 “Prelims” on UFC Fight Pass (4 p.m. ET):
135 lbs.: John Dodson vs. Manny Gamburyan 170 lbs.: Randy Brown vs. Michael Graves 185 lbs.: Cezar Ferreira vs. Oluwale Bamgbose 170 lbs.: Omari Akhmedov vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
Following the cancellation of his planned fight this Saturday vs. Lyoto Machida, it is being reported that Dan Henderson will now face Hector Lombard at UFC 199.
The bout was first reported by Sherdog.
Set for June 4 from The Forum in Los Angeles…
Following the cancellation of his planned fight this Saturday vs. Lyoto Machida, it is being reported that Dan Henderson will now face Hector Lombard at UFC 199.
Set for June 4 from The Forum in Los Angeles, the event features Chris Weidman challenging for the middleweight title vs. Luke Rockhold.
Henderson (31-14) was all set to rematch Machida this weekend before “The Dragon” was removed after informing USADA officials that he took a banned substance. Machida, a former UFC light heavyweight champion won the rematch against the 45-year-old Henderson, who is just 2-6 over his last eight fights.
Lombard (34-5) is a former Bellator champion who will be returning to middleweight after a short stay at welterweight. He lost to Neil Magny in March.
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida released his own statement Wednesday hours after it was confirmed that he took a banned substance.
Machida was scheduled to face Dan Henderson this coming Saturday night at UFC on FOX 19, but the p…
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida released his own statement Wednesday hours after it was confirmed that he took a banned substance.
Machida was scheduled to face Dan Henderson this coming Saturday night at UFC on FOX 19, but the promotion scrapped the bout completely after the USADA informed them of the news.
On a message he posted online, Machida issued a statement, saying that “I always try to play by the book, but unfortunately this happened.”
Below is the complete statement courtesy Machida:
I’m here to tell you that I was caught by surprise by this news. It has been very dificult for me. I’ve trained a lot for this fight, I’ve dedicated a lot with all my team mates. I want to tell you that I really didn’t know about this substance, so I listed it on my declaration form amongst everything else I was taking, and this substance was recently banned in 2016, so I take the blame for not knowing that, and I’d like to say I’m really sorry and apologize to my fans, team mates, and my family… I always try to play by the book, but unfortunately this happened.
UFC on FOX 19, which is slated to go down this Saturday night (April 16, 2016) from Tampa, Florida, has received yet another hit to its main card. Somewhat shocking news was released earlier today (April 13, 2016) when it was made clear that legendary former light heavyweight title holder Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida admitted
UFC on FOX 19, which is slated to go down this Saturday night (April 16, 2016) from Tampa, Florida, has received yet another hit to its main card.
Somewhat shocking news was released earlier today (April 13, 2016) when it was made clear that legendary former light heavyweight title holder Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida admitted to taking a banned substance, leading the UFC to pull him from his scheduled bout with Dan “Hendo” Henderson.
Henderson, obviously unhappy with the situation, took to his official Twitter account, reacting to the news, and voicing his disappointment in “The Dragon”:
The UFC’s recently-implemented, USADA-partnered drug-testing program has been quietly gaining steam at a predictable-but-still-scary rate since it was officially implemented last October, most recently catching Frank Mir in what may very well be a career-ending mistake earlier in the month and busting Viscardi Andrade just earlier in the week for a similar violation.
While the anti-doping agency’s settlement with Yoel Romero shows that the system is not exactly fool-proof yet, it’s still doing a respectable job of cleaning up the sport’s dirtiest fighters and hitting them where it hurts the most.
One of the last fighters that you would ever expect to be lumped into that category, however, is former light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida.
The UFC’s recently-implemented, USADA-partnered drug-testing program has been quietly gaining steam at a predictable-but-still-scary rate since it was officially implemented last October, most recently catching Frank Mir in what may very well be a career-ending mistake earlier in the month and busting Viscardi Andrade just earlier in the week for a similar violation.
While the anti-doping agency’s settlement with Yoel Romero shows that the system is not exactly fool-proof yet, it’s still doing a respectable job of cleaning up the sport’s dirtiest fighters and hitting them where it hurts the most.
One of the last fighters that you would ever expect to be lumped into that category, however, is former light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida. Over the course of his near-10 year career in the UFC, “The Dragon” has displayed nothing less than the epitome of class and professionalism both inside and outside of the octagon, serving as a true ambassador for a sport with only a handful of guys that you’d ever want to give such a title to. But just as Anderson Silva did before him, Machida once again reminded us that
Scheduled to rematch Dan Henderson in the co-main event of this weekend’s UFC on FOX 19 card — a card which has already taken its fair share of hits, for what it’s worth — Machida shocked the MMA world this afternoon by admitting that he had used a banned substance while being administered an out-of-competition drug test.
“The UFC organization was made aware today by U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, that Lyoto Machida declared the usage of a banned substance during an out-of-competition sample collection last week,” UFC official stated on Wednesday.
“Machida stated that he was unaware that the substance was prohibited both in and out of competition and, in accordance with the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, his disclosure of usage will be taken into consideration by USADA during any potential results management and adjudication process.”
And this right here is why my only heroes are ghosts, Nation. I guess we could give props to Machida for being up front with his banned substance use (though which one he used specifically has not been revealed yet) instead of belittling our intelligence by blaming his positive test on the sauna or the guy testing your samples, but at the same time, Machida is the one guy I would have believed was the victim of some crazy mix up. WHY YOU GOTTA BREAKA MY HEART, LYOTO?! WHYYYY!!!!
As a result of his admission, Machida’s scheduled bout with Henderson has been pulled from UFC on FOX 19, and Henderson is PISSED.
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