NEW YORK – Though mixed martial arts is still banned in New York, that doesn’t mean its piecemeal components are.
Sunday’s Grapple at the Garden event at Madison Square Garden featured wrestling battles between well-known names in the world of MMA, as well as some of the finest wrestlers in the country at the high school and college levels.
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On a media blitz in New York City Thursday, professional wrestling’s CM Punk began opening up a bit more on the early conversations held with UFC president Dana White prior to his joining the promotion earlier in December.
The WWE star has taken a mountain of flak for his choice to cannonball into MMA’s grandest stage at 36 with no resume to speak of, but Punk says he was willing to endure the entry level tournament that is ‘The Ultimate Fighter.’
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PHOENIX — Stipe Miocic talks about his UFC on FOX 13 main event against Junior dos Santos, why he is uneasy on camera, the state of Cleveland sports, and much more.
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While it appears like years ago now, only at that time last year Ben Rothwell was mired in what he calls the “lowest point” of his career. Rothwell, a expert heavyweight who at the time was prescribed testosterone replacement treatment (TRT), tested positive for elevated rates of testosterone in the wake of a spectacular Aug. 2013 triumph over Brandon Vera. The UFC acted quickly, handing down a nine-month suspension that had the 33-year old agonizing over his incorrect turn.
“I did not understand what I was doing, I felt like I wanted it (TRT),” Rothwell declared on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “I was getting endocrinologists and physicians who have been like: ‘If you can achieve so, then you definitely should. That is about your health. That isn’t about fighting, it is going to assist you.’ Matters of this nature.
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In the pay-per-view main card opener at UFC 180, Hector Urbina made the most of his UFC debut, submitting Edgar Garcia in the first round.
Urbina opened the first round taking center of the cage and while calm, also proactive on offense. Garcia caught a kick and used it to shove Urbina to the mat. As Urbina rolled, Garcia gets both hooks in on Urbina’s back. Urbina continued to roll and was able to shuck Garcia off of him. In a scramble, Garcia stopped moving on his knees, which prompted Urbina to attempt an anaconda choke, but it failed. The two stood and clinched along the fence, but Urbina was able to secure a high-elbow guillotine as Garcia changed levels for a takedown against the cage.
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The Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) on Monday handed down a one-year suspension to UFC light heavyweight Robert Drysdale for his unsuccessful post-fight drug test following his introduction fight with all the promotion in July.
Drysdale, a adorned 33-year old jiujitsu specialist, tested positive for elevated rates of testosterone following his first-round rear-naked choke triumph over Keith Berish at The Ultimate Fighter 19 Ending on July 6, 2014.
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Rather than take its case to arbitration, the UFC before this week elected to rescind the one-year suspension it handed down to Cung Le following a botched post-fight drug test at UFC Fight Night 48, the exact same evaluation that the promotion initially declared as taking positive for excessive quantities of Human Growth Hormone (HGH).
In a press release, the UFC mentioned recent “medical advice” as its reasoning for electing to rescind Le’s suspension, saying that, “in accordance with such medical advice, UFC has decided that Le’s raised total HGH by itself doesn’t establish he took performance-enhancing drugs before the August 23rd bust.”
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Tor Troeng, a Swedish middleweight who competed on The Ultimate Fighter 18 and fought four times in the UFC, declared his retirement from professional mixed martial arts contest late Wednesday.
“After nearly 10 years as an expert MMA fighter, it is time for me to proceed,” Troeng wrote (via Google interpret) on Facebook in his native Swedish. “I decided to place the gloves in the ledge. The enjoyment and motivation needed to perform in the highest degree is not any longer with me.
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The one-year suspension Cung Le received after testing positive for excessive quantities of Human Growth Hormone (HGH) in a post-fight drug test following his fourth-round TKO loss to Michael Bisping at UFC Fight Night 48 continues to be rescinded, promotion officials declared on Tuesday.
The UFC issued the following statement about the decision:
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With news that the UFC will give him the chance to appeal his one-year suspension after testing positive for excess levels of Human Growth Hormone (HGH), middleweight Cung Le maintains the result was due to flawed testing methods.
“I’m glad I’m able to appeal and am very confident,” Le told Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times. “The facts are out there. If the right test had been done, this would have never happened.”
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The second of two UFC events in one day takes over the evening on Saturday as the UFC makes its Halifax debut. The card is headlined by a clash of top welterweights while the co-main event features bantamweights on the short list for a future title shot. Canadian prospects of a variety of levels fill out much of the rest of the event.
What: UFC Fight Night 53 (UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story)
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Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le tested positive for excess levels of Human Growth Hormone (HGH) in a post-fight drug test following his fourth-round TKO loss to Michael Bisping at UFC Fight Night 48, promotion officials announced on Tuesday.
Le (9-3) is expected to serve a nine-month suspension retroactive to the day of the event, August 23, as a result of the failed test.
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According to a report from ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, UFC welterweight Nick Diaz has plead not guilty to two DUI charges in San Joaquin County Court in California on Thursday.
As previously reported by MMA Fighting, Diaz was detained on both September 6th of 2014 and November 20, 2013, both for driving under the influence. Diaz faces charges of driving under the influence, driving under the influence having an alcohol or drug level above .08, and dangerous speed for prevailing conditions.
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The never ending saga between UFC president Dana White and his white whale continues.
The rationales concerning why former PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko never graced the Octagon depend on who you ask, but both he and White have spent years blaming the other for it never occurring. Now, Emelianenko says his heritage is not worse off by never having fought in the UFC because he confronted a higher degree of ability in Japan.
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Like many, UFC president Dana White challenged the words of Joe Rogan, the organization ‘s longtime color commentator, when Rogan wondered whether racism is a portion of the rationale UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones is not more popular than he’s.
But White’s questions pertained to Jones’ degree of popularity, not the issues of racial reasons. White told UFC.com on Thursday that he believes the world’s top pound-for-pound fighter is plenty popular.
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