On Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Cat Zingano will finally get her chance to dethrone Ronda Rousey and become the UFC women’s bantamweight champion. Rousey has soundly defeated the best fighters the emerging women’s 135-pound division has to offer, but has she ever faced a fighter like Zingano? Can Zingano really […]
On Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Cat Zingano will finally get her chance to dethrone Ronda Rousey and become the UFC women’s bantamweight champion. Rousey has soundly defeated the best fighters the emerging women’s 135-pound division has to offer, but has she ever faced a fighter like Zingano? Can Zingano really […]
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion Anderson Silva failed his post-UFC 183 drug screening for drostanolone metabolites in addition to two benzodiazepine class drugs: Oxazepam and Temazepam. The results were included in an official complaint filed against Silva by the Nevada Athletic Commission. Bleacher Report obtained a copy of the full complaint prior to Tuesday’s athletic […]
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion Anderson Silva failed his post-UFC 183 drug screening for drostanolone metabolites in addition to two benzodiazepine class drugs: Oxazepam and Temazepam. The results were included in an official complaint filed against Silva by the Nevada Athletic Commission. Bleacher Report obtained a copy of the full complaint prior to Tuesday’s athletic […]
It’s fair to say Anderson Silva‘s failed test prior to UFC 183 messed with all of our heads a bit. UFC President Dana White is no exception to the rule. “It screwed me up for a few days,” White told MMAjunkie after Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 60 event in Broomfield, Colorado. “I was messed up for […]
It’s fair to say Anderson Silva‘s failed test prior to UFC 183 messed with all of our heads a bit. UFC President Dana White is no exception to the rule. “It screwed me up for a few days,” White told MMAjunkie after Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 60 event in Broomfield, Colorado. “I was messed up for […]
Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva’s denial of performance-enhancing drug use just took another hit. Silva, according to a report by MMA Junkie, recorded a second positive test related to his UFC 183 bout with Nick Diaz. The report did not indicate whether the test was PED-related or for recreational drug use. UFC announced Silva’s […]
Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva’s denial of performance-enhancing drug use just took another hit. Silva, according to a report by MMA Junkie, recorded a second positive test related to his UFC 183 bout with Nick Diaz. The report did not indicate whether the test was PED-related or for recreational drug use. UFC announced Silva’s […]
Maybe we’re all feeling a little bit like Alexander Gustafsson right now. You remember how Gustafsson’s 2015 started, right? The erstwhile light heavyweight No. 1 contender rolled into a Jan. 24 title eliminator against underdog Anthony Johnson with sky-high expectations, only to get flattened—crushed, really—in two minutes, 15 seconds. Gustafsson left the Octagon in tears […]
Maybe we’re all feeling a little bit like Alexander Gustafsson right now. You remember how Gustafsson’s 2015 started, right? The erstwhile light heavyweight No. 1 contender rolled into a Jan. 24 title eliminator against underdog Anthony Johnson with sky-high expectations, only to get flattened—crushed, really—in two minutes, 15 seconds. Gustafsson left the Octagon in tears […]
The hits just keep on coming when it comes to MMA and performance-enhancing drugs, as Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com is reporting that UFC welterweight contender (and former Bellator middleweight champion) Hector Lombard has failed a drug test administered by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. According to the NSAC, Lombard failed a post-fight drug test at […]
The hits just keep on coming when it comes to MMA and performance-enhancing drugs, as Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com is reporting that UFC welterweight contender (and former Bellator middleweight champion) Hector Lombard has failed a drug test administered by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. According to the NSAC, Lombard failed a post-fight drug test at […]